The Diatessaron

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Primary Sources

	Samuel Hemphill, Translator, The Diatessaron of Tatian. Georgias Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-1463231422. pp.114. [Read on Perlego using subscription or free trial]
	James Hamlyn Hill [1847-1915], The Earliest Life of Christ Ever Compiled from the Four Gospels, Being The Diatessaron of Tatian [circ. A.D. 160]. Literally translated from the Arabic Version and containing the Four Gospels in One Story. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1910. Hbk. pp.224. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	H.G. Hogg, trans. "The Diatessaron of Tatian," Ante-Nicene Fathers, new edn., Vol. 10. Edinburgh T & T Clark, 1891. Hbk. pp.35-138.
	Carl H. Kraeling, A Greek Fragment of Tatian's Diatessaron from Dura With Facsimile, Transcription and Introduction. Georgias Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-1463211714. pp.48. [Read on Perlego using subscription or free trial]

Secondary Sources

	Craig D. Allert, "The State of the New Testament Canon in the Second Century: Putting Tatian's Diatessaron in Perspective," Bulletin for Biblical Research 9 (1999): 1-18. pdf
	T. Baarda, "John 1:5 in the Oration and Diatessaron of Tatian: Concerning the Reading katalambanei," Vigiliae Christianae 47.3 (1993): 209-225.
	T. Baarda, "The 'Foolish' or 'Dead' Fig-tree Concerning Luke 19:4 in the Diatessaron," Novum Testamentum 43.2 (2001): 161-177.
	James W. Barker, "The Narrative Chronology of Tatian's Diatessaron," New Testament Studies 66.2 (April 2020): 288-298.
	George Aaron Barton [1859-1942] & Hans Henry Spoer, "Traces of the Diatessaron of Tatian in Harclean Syriac lectionaries," Journal of Biblical Literature 24.2 (1905): 179-195. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Sebastian Brock, "What's in a Word? An Intriguing Choice in the Syraic Diatessaron," Christopher Rowland & Crispin H.T. Fletcher-Louis, eds., Understanding, Studying and Reading. New Testament Essays in Honour of John Ashton. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 153. Sheffield Academic Press, 1998. ISBN: 978-0567554901. pp.180-187.
	Richard Hugh Connolly [1873-1948], "‘Didache and Diatessaron’," Journal of Theological Studies 34 No 136 (Oct. 1933): 346-347. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Richard Hugh Connolly [1873-1948], "A Negative Form of the Golden Rule in the Diatessaron?" Journal of Theological Studies 35 No 140 (Oct. 1934): 351-357. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Matthew R. Crawford, "The Diatessaron, canonical or non-canonical?: rereading the Dura fragment," New Testament Studies 62.2 (April 2016): 253-277.
	Matthew R. Crawford & Nicholas J. Zola, The Gospel of Tatian Exploring the Nature and Text of the Diatessaron. T & T Clark, 2019. ISBN: 9780567679895. pp.300. [Read on Perlego using subscription or free trial]
	William John Ferrar [1868-1945], The Early Christian Books. Handbooks of Christian Literature. London: SPCK, 1919. Hbk. pp.108. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Richard J.H. Gottheil, "Quotations from the Diatessaron," Journal of Biblical Literature 11.1 (1892): 68-71. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Isaac H. Hall, "A pair of citations from the Diatessaron," Journal of Biblical Literature 10.2 (1891): 153-155. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], "An Arabic Version of the Harmony of Tatian," Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis 8.1/2 (June-Dec.1888): 42. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Peter M. Head, "Tatian's Christology and its influence on the composition of the Diatessaron," Tyndale Bulletin 43.1 (1992): 121-137. pdf
	Edward A. Johnson, "The first harmony of the Gospels: Tatian's Diatessaron and its theology," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 14.4 (Fall 1971): 227-238. pdf
	Jan Joosten, "Tatian's Diatessaron and the Old Testament Peshitta," Journal of Biblical Literature 12.3 (Fall 2001): 501-523.
	Jan Joosten, "The Gospel of Barnabas and the Diatessaron," Harvard Theological Review 95.1 (Jan 2002): 73-96.
	Leslie McFall, "Tatian's Diatessaron: Mischievous or Misleading?" Westminster Theological Journal 56.1 (Spring 1994): 87-114. pdf [Accompanying tables: Table1a Table1b Table2]
	Charles Marsh Mead, "Tatian’s Diatessaron and the analysis of the Pentateuch: a reply," Journal of Biblical Literature 10.1 (1891): 44-54. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Bruce M. Metzger, “Tatian’s Diatessaron and a Persian harmony of the Gospels,” Journal of Biblical Literature 69.3 (Sept. 1950): 261-280. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	George Foot Moore, "Tatian’s Diatessaron and the analysis of the Pentateuch," Journal of Biblical Literature 9.2 (1890): 201-215. pdf pdf
	Craig E. Morrison, "The Jews in Ephrem's Commentary on the Diatessaron," Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 8 (2008): 23-43.
	Nicolas J. Nola, "Evangelizing Tatian: The Diatessaron's Place in the Emergence of the Fourfold Gospel Canon," Perspectives in Religious Studies 43.4 (Winter 2016): 399-414.
	Nicholas Perrin, Thomas and Tatian: The Relationship Between the "Gospel of Thomas" and the "Diatessaron". SBL - Academia Biblica. Leiden: Brill, 2003. Hbk. ISBN: 9004127100. pp.218.
	William L. Petersen, "New Evidence for the Question of the Original Language of the Diatessaron," Heinrich Greeven, ed., Studien zum TExt und zur Think des Neuen Testaments Festschrift... Berlin: de Gruyter, 1986. pp.325-343.
	W.L. Petersen, "Tatian's Dependence upon Justin's APOMNHMONEYMATA," New Testament Studies 36 (1990): 512-34.
	William L. Petersen, Tatian's "Diatessaron": Its Creation, Dissemination, Significance and History in Scholarship. Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Series. Leiden: Brill, 1994. Hbk. ISBN: 9004094695. pp.528.
	Daniël Plooij [1877-1935], A Further Study of the Liège Diatessaron. Leyden: E.J. Brill Ltd., 1925. Hbk. pp.92. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Gilles Quispel, "A General Introduction to the study of the Diatessaron of Tatian," L. Painchaud & P.-H. Poirier, eds., Coptica - Gnostica - Manichaica: Mélanges offerts à Wolf-Peter Funk: 7 (Bibliothèque Copte de Nag Hammadi Section «Études»).Peeters Publishers, 2006. ISBN: 978-9042917712. pp.787-795.
	Ulrich Schmid, "In search of Tatian's Diatessaron in the West," Vigiliae christianae 57.2 (2003): 176-199.
	Robert F. Shedinger, "Did Tatian Use the Old Testament Peshitta? A Response to Jan Joosten," Novum Testamentum 41.3 (1999): 265-279.