Tatian''s Diatessaron - Composition, Redaction, Recension, and Reception

Covering the widest array of manuscript evidence to date, this book reconstructs the compositional and editorial practices by which Tatian the Assyrian wrote his Gospel.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: An Overview of Diatessaron Witnesses


• 2: Tatian's Compositional Practices


• 3: Characteristics of the Diatessaron's Sequence


• 4: Quintessential Changes in the Western Archetype


• 5: The Priority of Codex Fuldensis


• 6: The Priority of the Stuttgart-Liège-Zurich Harmonies


• 7: The Western Archetype as a Sufficient Hypothesis


• Conclusion


• Appendix: Comparison of Sequences of the Arabic Harmony, Stuttgart-Liège-Zurich


• Harmonies, and Codex Fuldensis

About the author

James W. Barker is Associate Professor of New Testament at Western Kentucky University. In 2014 he received the Paul J. Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship. He is the author of John's Use of Matthew (Fortress Press, 2015).

Summary

Covering the widest array of manuscript evidence to date, this book reconstructs the compositional and editorial practices by which Tatian the Assyrian wrote his Gospel.

Additional text

Barker has produced a tour-de-force that I had imagined it would take a lifetime to complete. All future research on the Diatessaron, including my own, will refer back to this seminal study.

Product details

• Authors: James W. Barker, James W. (Associate Professor of New Testa Barker, Barker James W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780192844583
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284458-3
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis