Description
Book SynopsisCovering the widest array of manuscript evidence to date, this book reconstructs the compositional and editorial practices by which Tatian the Assyrian wrote his Gospel.
Trade ReviewBarker has familiarized himself with dozens of manuscript witnesses in Latin, Dutch, German, English, and Italian dialects from microfilms and digital images, many of them unpublished. This is a huge step toward having an informed discussion about extant medieval Western harmony sources and their filiation. Barker is to be praised and applauded for making this effort. * Ulrich B. Schmid, Kirchlichen Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel, Review of Biblical Literature *
Barker's study takes the field in exactly the direction I have envisioned it should go. In just a matter of years, Barker has produced a tour-de-force that I had imagined it would take a lifetime to complete. All future research on the Diatessaron, including my own, will refer back to this seminal study. * Nicholas J. Zola, Pepperdine University, Journal of Theological Studies *
Barker's work is important, especially for specialists in Diatessaronic studies. However, for those new to the discipline it is a highly important work which will make readers aware of the current state of research and the difficult and contested issues that surround this topic. As such it is a fine piece of scholarship that will, no doubt, have enduring value. * Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, Expository Times *
This careful and succinct study offers an important contribution to our understanding of how Tatian created his mind-boggling text, while also tracing, sometimes controversially, the twists and turns of its ongoing development and reception. * Alan Garrow, Journal for the Study of the New Testament *
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: An Overview of Diatessaron Witnesses 2: Tatian's Compositional Practices 3: Characteristics of the Diatessaron's Sequence 4: Quintessential Changes in the Western Archetype 5: The Priority of Codex Fuldensis 6: The Priority of the Stuttgart-Liège-Zurich Harmonies 7: The Western Archetype as a Sufficient Hypothesis Conclusion Appendix: Comparison of Sequences of the Arabic Harmony, Stuttgart-Liège-Zurich Harmonies, and Codex Fuldensis
