Tatian

For other uses, see Tatian (disambiguation).

Tatian of Adiabene,[1] or Tatian the Syrian[2][3][4] or Tatian the Assyrian,[5][6][7][8] (/ˈteɪʃən, -iən/; Latin: Tatianus; Ancient Greek: Τατιανός; Classical Syriac: ܛܛܝܢܘܣ; c. 120 – c. 180 AD) was an Assyrian Christian writer and theologian of the 2nd century.

Tatian's most influential work is the Diatessaron, a Biblical paraphrase, or "harmony", of the four gospels that became the standard text of the four gospels in the Syriac-speaking churches until the 5th-century, after which it gave way to the four separate gospels in the Peshitta version.[9]

  1. ^ Walters, James E. "Tatian of Adiabene - Syriaca". Syriac Biographical Dictionary. Vanderbilt University, Princeton University. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Church Fathers: The Other Greek Apologists".
  3. ^ "Canon and Text of the New Testament". New York, C. Scribner's sons. 1907.
  4. ^ Waite, Charles Burlingame (10 March 1992). History of the Christian Religion to the Year 200. Book Tree. ISBN 978-1-885395-15-3.
  5. ^ Ryland, J. E. "Introductory Note To Tatian the Assyrian". earlychristianwritings.com.
  6. ^ "Tatian, Address, 42", Ante-Nicene Fathers, 2: 81–82
  7. ^ "ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire)". Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
  8. ^ The Origins and Emergence of the Church in Edessa during the First Two Centuries A.D. Author(s): L. W. Barnard Source: Vigiliae Christianae, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Sep., 1968), pp. 161-175.
  9. ^ Cross, F. L., ed. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005, articles 'Diatessaron' and 'Peshitta.'