Saint Ephrem's Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron : an English translation of Chester Beatty Syriac MS 709

Author(s)

    • Carmel McCarthy
    • Ephraem, Syrus, Saint
    • Chester Beatty Library

Bibliographic Information

Saint Ephrem's Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron : an English translation of Chester Beatty Syriac MS 709

with introd. and notes by Carmel McCarthy

(Journal of semitic studies, Supplement ; 2)

Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Manchester, 1993

Other Title

Supplement 2: Ephrem's Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron

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Note

Bibliography: p. 345-352

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first English translation of the commentary by fourth century AD theologian Ephrem the Syrian on the Diatessaron, a Gospel woven from the text of the four Gospels, which predates our earliest evidence of the official Syriac translation of the New Testament.

Table of Contents

  • Tatian's "Diatessaron"
  • Ephrem - theologian, poet and lyre of the Holy Spirit
  • the "Diatessaron Commentary" - textual considerations
  • features of this English translation
  • translation of Saint Ephrem's "Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron".

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Details

  • NCID
    BA53767399
  • ISBN
    • 0199221634
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    syr
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 381 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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