Tatian's Diatessaron: Its Creation, Dissemination, Significance, and History in Scholarship
A gospel harmony composed c. 172 C.E., the Diatessaron is one of the earliest witnesses to the gospels. Regarded as the first version of the gospels in Latin, Syriac, and Armenian, the Diatessaron was used by Encratites, Judaic-Christians, and “Great Church” Christians alike.\ This study is the first comprehensive treatment of the Diatessaron in more than a century. After sketching the second-century setting and Tatian's biography, it describes virtually every Diatessaronic witness and...
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A gospel harmony composed c. 172 C.E., the Diatessaron is one of the earliest witnesses to the gospels. Regarded as the first version of the gospels in Latin, Syriac, and Armenian, the Diatessaron was used by Encratites, Judaic-Christians, and “Great Church” Christians alike.This study is the first comprehensive treatment of the Diatessaron in more than a century. After sketching the second-century setting and Tatian's biography, it describes virtually every Diatessaronic witness and provides a scholar-by-scholar summary of research from 546 to the present. Criteria for reconstructing Diatessaronic readings are developed, and numerous examples offer the reader first-hand experience with the witnesses. It contains the first Bibliography of research on the Diatessaron (600+ titles) and the first “Catalogue of Manuscripts of Diatessaronic Witnesses and Related Works” ever published.
AcknowledgementsPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1IThe Second-Century Background9IITatian35IIIA History of Diatessaronic Studies and a Description of Diatessaronic Witnesses: From 546 to 190084IVA History of Diatessaronic Studies and a Description of Diatessaronic Witnesses: From 1900 to the 1930s151VA History of Diatessaronic Studies and a Description of Diatessaronic Witnesses: From the 1930s to 1951213VIA History of Diatessaronic Studies and a Description of Diatessaronic Witnesses: From 1951 to the Present264VIIUsing the Diatessaron357VIIIThe Present and the Future426Appendix I: A Catalogue of Manuscripts of Diatessaronic Witnesses and Related Works445Appendix II: A Stemma of the Diatessaronic Tradition490Bibliography491Index Locorum523Index Codicum532Index Auctorum540Index Rerum547
