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Research atlas for early Christianity. Claims are tagged attested, traditional, or disputed. Copyrighted full texts, including CCEL editions, are not included.

Texts

fragment

Tatian, Diatessaron (gospel harmony)

c. 170 · Syriac and/or Greek (original language debated)

Groups: Encratites

The original is lost. It is reconstructed from Ephrem's Commentary, Arabic and Persian harmonies, and Western versions. A Greek harmony fragment from Dura-Europos (P. Dura 10) is sometimes linked to it.

Where the manuscripts are now

  • Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

    Ephrem's Commentary, Syriac MS 709

  • Vatican Library, Vatican City

    Arabic Diatessaron (Vat. ar. 14)

  • Beinecke Library, Yale, New Haven, USA

    P. Dura 10 (identification debated)

Sources

H. W. Hogg (ANF vol. 9, from the Arabic) 1896. Public domain

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