Diatessaron
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The Diatessaron is a 2nd-century gospel harmony compiled by Tatian that weaves the four canonical Gospels into a single continuous narrative of Jesus’ life and teachings.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tatian’s Diatessaron | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early Christian text
ⓘ
gospel harmony ⓘ |
| aim | to harmonize the four canonical Gospels ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Syriac Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | New Testament apocrypha (broad sense) ⓘ |
| compiler | Tatian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 2nd century ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin |
Edessa (traditionally associated)
ⓘ
Syrian region ⓘ |
| hasGenre | gospel harmony ⓘ |
| hasPart |
narrative of Jesus’ birth
ⓘ
narrative of Jesus’ ministry ⓘ narrative of Jesus’ passion NERFINISHED ⓘ narrative of Jesus’ resurrection ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | earliest known gospel harmony ⓘ |
| influenced |
Syriac gospel tradition
ⓘ
later gospel harmonies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Tatian's theological perspective ⓘ |
| language | Syriac ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | single continuous narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | integration of four canonical Gospels into one account ⓘ |
| omits | duplicated parallel passages ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Peshitta Gospels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | non-canonical gospel text ⓘ |
| structure | continuous life-of-Jesus narrative ⓘ |
| subject |
life of Jesus
ⓘ
teachings of Jesus ⓘ |
| survivesIn |
Arabic translation
ⓘ
Armenian witnesses ⓘ Latin witnesses ⓘ commentaries by Ephrem the Syrian ⓘ later translations and quotations ⓘ |
| textualStatus | reconstructed from secondary witnesses ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | through four ⓘ |
| usedAsStandardGospelTextIn | Syriac churches ⓘ |
| usedAsStandardGospelTextUntilCentury | 5th century ⓘ |
| usedInLiturgy | early Syriac churches ⓘ |
| usesSource |
Gospel of John
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke NERFINISHED ⓘ Gospel of Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tatian’s Diatessaron