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- adjective of or relating to William Cureton, and specifically the Egyptian manuscripts recognised as Syriac Gospels, edited and published, by the assistant keeper of manuscripts at the British Museum, William Cureton in 1858.
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Since its publication in 1858 by Dr. Cureton, it is known as the Curetonian text.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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In the first Homily, (which bears date A.D. 337), verses 16, 17, 18 of S. Mark xvi. are quoted [45], -- yet not from the version known as the Curetonian Syriac, nor yet from the Peshito exactly [46].
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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It is a great thing to present them in a single volume with the shorter and longer Epistles duly compared, and with the Curetonian version besides.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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The literature of this period is valuable; and the result is decisive as to the Curetonian versions at least, which are fragmentary and abridged, and yet they are a valuable contribution to the study of the whole case.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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Independent investigation of the phenomena of the Armenian version and of the Syriac fragments led him to regard the 'short' or Curetonian recension as an abridgment or mutilation, rather than the nucleus, of the 'middle' or Vossian form; and Zahn's monograph, _Ignatius von Antiochien_ (1873), never yet answered, dealt a fatal blow at the claims of the Curetonian letters.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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The Curetonian and Sinaitic Syriac manuscripts represent a version older than the Peshitto and bear witness to an earlier text, one closely akin to that of which D and the Old Latin are witnesses.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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+ The Curetonian Syriac (Syr-Cur) manuscript was discovered in 1842, among manuscripts brought to the British Museum from the monastery of S. Maria Deipara in the Nitrian desert in Egypt, and was published by Cureton in 1858.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Epistles, Mr. Sanday only treats the Curetonian Epistles (see ante, p. 218) as genuine, and in these he finds scarcely any coincidences with the Gospels.
The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Annie Wood Besant 1890
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Gospels, differing greatly from the common text; and this is the form of text to which the name of Curetonian Syriac has been rightly applied.
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Within the last thirty years, fragments of another very ancient Syriac translation of the Gospels, (called from the name of its discoverer "The Curetonian Syriac,") have come to light
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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