In particular, it seems to have been disproved by the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls--written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek--which pre-date the Peshitta yet are generally almost word for word identical with the Masoretic text.
In particular, it seems to have been disproved by the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Some of them, written in Hebrew, pre-date the Peshitta yet are generally almost word for word identical with the Masoretic text.