Diatessaron
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The Diatessaron is a 2nd-century gospel harmony compiled by Tatian that weaves the four canonical Gospels into a single continuous narrative of Jesus’ life and teachings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diatessaron canonical | 6 |
| Tatian’s Diatessaron | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Diatessaron Context triple: [Tatian, notableWork, Diatessaron]
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A.
Commentary on the Diatessaron
Commentary on the Diatessaron is an important early Christian exegetical work that provides a Syriac theological and literary interpretation of Tatian’s Gospel harmony.
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B.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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C.
Gospel of the Hebrews
The Gospel of the Hebrews is a lost early Christian gospel, likely composed in Greek and used by some Jewish-Christian communities, that survives only in fragments quoted by early Church Fathers.
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D.
Didache
The Didache is an early Christian treatise, likely from the late first or early second century, that outlines moral teachings, community practices, and liturgical instructions for the emerging Church.
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E.
Gospel of the Ebionites
The Gospel of the Ebionites is a lost early Christian gospel, known only through fragments quoted by Church Fathers, associated with the Jewish-Christian Ebionite sect and reflecting their distinctive beliefs about Jesus and the law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Diatessaron Target entity description: The Diatessaron is a 2nd-century gospel harmony compiled by Tatian that weaves the four canonical Gospels into a single continuous narrative of Jesus’ life and teachings.
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A.
Commentary on the Diatessaron
Commentary on the Diatessaron is an important early Christian exegetical work that provides a Syriac theological and literary interpretation of Tatian’s Gospel harmony.
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B.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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C.
Gospel of the Hebrews
The Gospel of the Hebrews is a lost early Christian gospel, likely composed in Greek and used by some Jewish-Christian communities, that survives only in fragments quoted by early Church Fathers.
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D.
Didache
The Didache is an early Christian treatise, likely from the late first or early second century, that outlines moral teachings, community practices, and liturgical instructions for the emerging Church.
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E.
Gospel of the Ebionites
The Gospel of the Ebionites is a lost early Christian gospel, known only through fragments quoted by Church Fathers, associated with the Jewish-Christian Ebionite sect and reflecting their distinctive beliefs about Jesus and the law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early Christian text
ⓘ
gospel harmony ⓘ |
| aim | to harmonize the four canonical Gospels ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Syriac Christianity
ⓘ
linked to:
Syriac Churches
|
| category | New Testament apocrypha (broad sense) ⓘ |
| compiler | Tatian ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 2nd century ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin |
Edessa (traditionally associated)
ⓘ
Syrian region ⓘ |
| hasGenre | gospel harmony ⓘ |
| hasPart |
narrative of Jesus’ birth
ⓘ
narrative of Jesus’ ministry ⓘ narrative of Jesus’ passion ⓘ
linked to:
Passion narrative
narrative of Jesus’ resurrection ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | earliest known gospel harmony ⓘ |
| influenced |
Syriac gospel tradition
ⓘ
later gospel harmonies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Tatian's theological perspective ⓘ |
| language | Syriac ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | single continuous narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | integration of four canonical Gospels into one account ⓘ |
| omits | duplicated parallel passages ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Peshitta Gospels
ⓘ
linked to:
Peshitta
|
| status | non-canonical gospel text ⓘ |
| structure | continuous life-of-Jesus narrative ⓘ |
| subject |
life of Jesus
ⓘ
teachings of Jesus ⓘ |
| survivesIn |
Arabic translation
ⓘ
Armenian witnesses ⓘ Latin witnesses ⓘ commentaries by Ephrem the Syrian ⓘ later translations and quotations ⓘ |
| textualStatus | reconstructed from secondary witnesses ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | through four ⓘ |
| usedAsStandardGospelTextIn | Syriac churches ⓘ |
| usedAsStandardGospelTextUntilCentury | 5th century ⓘ |
| usedInLiturgy | early Syriac churches ⓘ |
| usesSource |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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