La traduzione delle citazioni dell’AT nella Vetus Syra di Giovanni

The issue of the translation of Old Testament quotations in the Old Syriac Gospels (Vetus Syra) has accompanied research on this version of biblical text since the beginning. The general tendency was to recognize some influence of the Peshitta of the Old Testament on the rendering of the biblical quotations in the Vetus Syra and this position has remained ‘dominant’ for a long time. The research carried out in recent years however has led to a change in perspective, given that some scholars have reconsidered different conclusions of their predecessors. At the current state of research it no longer seems possible to speak of a ‘massive’ or extensive influence of the Peshitta of the Old Testament on the translation of biblical quotations in the Vetus Syra, although this influence should not be completely denied. This conclusion is also strengthened by the proposed article which deals with the translation of the quotations from the Old Testament in John’s Gospel in the Vetus Syra.