The Diatessaron of Tatian: A Harmony of the Gospels (Illustrated)

The Diatessaron (160 - 175 A.D.) is the most well-known harmony of the gospels. It was composed by Tatian, an Assyrian, who was an early Christian apologist and ascetic. Tatian combined the textual material from the four gospels-Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John-into one coherent narrative on Jesus's life and death. In contrast to later attempts, Tatian appears to have made no effort to gloss over apparent inconsistencies between the texts. Originally Tatian left out the genealogies in Matthew ...