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[[Suriah]] berperan penting dalam perkembangan [[Kekristenan]] mula-mula. Diyakini bahwa [[Injil Matius]], [[Injil Lukas]], [[Didache]], Ignatiana, dan [[Injil Tomas]] ditulis di sini.<!-- Syria was the country in which the [[Koine Greek|Greek language]] intersected with the [[Syriac language|Syriac]], which was closely related to the [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] dialect used by [[Jesus]] and the [[Apostles]]. That is why Syriac versions are highly esteemed by textual critics.<ref>{{Cite book | author = Bruce M. Metzger | title = The Early Versions of the New Testament | publisher = [[Clarendon Press]] | location = Oxford | year = 1977 | page = 4–5}}</ref>
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ScholarsPars havepakar distinguishedtelah fivemendapatkan orlima sixatau differentenam Syriacversi versionsAlkitab ofbahasa allSuryani ordari partsemua ofatau thesebagian [[NewPerjanjian TestamentBaru]].It[[Alkitab]] is possible[[Kristen]]. thatAda somekemungkinan translationssejumlah haveterjemahan beentelah losthilang. TheMayoritas majoritynaskah ofsekarang thedisimpan manuscripts are now held in thedi [[British Library]]{{Citationneeded|date=Novemberdan 2008}}perpustakaan andlain indi other European libraries[[Eropa]]. TheyNaskah-naskah itu camediperoleh fromdari countriesnegara-negara likeseperti [[Lebanon]], [[EgyptMesir]], [[Sinai]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Armenia]], [[Georgia (countrynegara)|Georgia]], [[India]], andbahkan even fromdari [[ChinaTiongkok]]. ThisIni ismerupakan goodbukti evidencesejarah forkuatnya the great historical activity of theaktivitas [[:En:Church of the East|SyriacGereja churchSuriah]].<ref>{{Cite book | author = Bruce M. Metzger | title = The Early Versions of the New Testament | publisher = [[Clarendon Press]] | location = Oxford | year = 1977 | page = 3}}</ref>
