The Peshitta Old Testament was very likely translated from the Hebrew Bible in the 1st century AD in Israel by Christian coverts from Judaism, or possibly Syrian Christians from across Israel's border. The text translated is the 6th-7th century Codex Ambrosianus- the oldest complete Semitic Old Testament extant. This volume contains the Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zecharaih, Malachi. Aramaic was the native language of Jesus and of Israel in the 1st century AD. This is a literal translation of the 1900] year old Aramaic Old Testament called the Peshitta. The First Century Aramaic Bible in Plain English The Minor Prophets Hosea to Malachi Book Review: The international team, drawn from nine countries, is as follows (following the order of the papers) M. The papers are arranged under seven headings: Targum Texts and Editions The Aramaic Language: The Targums and Jewish Biblical Interpretation Targums of the Pentateuch Targums of the Hagiographa Targums and New Testament Jewish Traditions and Christian Writings. The purpose of the Conference was to bring together leading specialists on the Targums and related topics to discuss issues in the light of recent developments, for instance Second Temple interpretation of the Scriptures, Qumran Literature, targumic and Palestinian Aramaic, new Genizah manuscripts, Jewish tradition, Origen's Hexapla, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha and the Christian West. The twenty-six essays in this volume represent the papers read at the international Conference on the Aramiac Bible held in Dublin (1992). It even appears in a verse of Genesis 31 and one verse in Jeremiah 10:11. Some of the original Old Testament is Aramaic, such as Daniel chapters 2 through 7 inclusive, and Ezra 4 through much of 7. As such, it gives an early look at the state of the Hebrew Bible at that time, since Aramaic and Hebrew are sister Semitic languages and about as close to each other as any two languages can be, sharing the same alphabet, writing, grammar, much vocabulary and even similar pronunciation of many words. No Peshitta scholar places the Peshitta OT later than the 2nd century AD. The Peshitta Old Testament is itself a translation of the Hebrew Bible completed in the 1st century AD, according to the available evidence. The Peshitta Bible is the world's first entire Christian Bible. Aramaic was the language of Jesus and of 1st century Israel. This is a prose English and very literal translation of the first five books of the Old Testament (The Torah). The First Century Aramaic Bible in Plain English The Torah The Five Books of Moses Book Review: