Zacchaeus and the Unripe Figs: A New Argument for the Original Language of Tatian's Diatessaron

Did Tatian write his gospel in Greek or Syriac? Treatments of this most beleaguered crux in Diatessaronic studies have largely depended on a now defunct approach to the source material. The ‘New Perspective' on Tatian's Diatessaron wants for a new study of this old question. A problematic...

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Main Author: Mills, Ian N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2020]
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 208-227
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tatianus, Syrus -172, Diatessaron / Syriac language / Greek language / Bible. Lukasevangelium 19,4 / Textual criticism
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B Translation
B Luke 19.4
B Ishoʿdad of Merv
B Diatessaron
B Apocrypha
B Tatian
B Syriac
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Summary:Did Tatian write his gospel in Greek or Syriac? Treatments of this most beleaguered crux in Diatessaronic studies have largely depended on a now defunct approach to the source material. The ‘New Perspective' on Tatian's Diatessaron wants for a new study of this old question. A problematic arrangement of textual data at Luke 19.4 offers unrecognised evidence that Tatian composed in Greek - namely, contradictory testimonia to the Syriac word for Zacchaeus' ‘sycamore' in Tatian's gospel reflect different etymological translations of a distinctive, Greek textual variant.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688519000389