RT Article
T1 Tatian
JF The expository times
VO 120
IS 3
SP 105
OP 118
A1 Foster, Paul 1966-
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1560417641
AB Tatian, Christian apologist and author of the most famous gospel harmony, was a disciple of Justin Martyr. His single complete surviving work, Oratio ad Graecos, is an example of the apologetic genre, which sought to offer a robust defence of the Christian faith. By contrast, his gospel harmony, the Diatessaron, survives only in fragmentary form, or embedded in later gospel harmonies, as well as being partially recoverable via Ephrem's Commentary on the text. What can be reconstructed of this work is potentially important for more fully understanding the textual form of the gospels in the second century. Later writers charge Tatian with heresy due to his association with Encratite Christianity. Such a perspective reflects the concerns of subsequent generations, and for this reason there appears to be no clear 'error' attributed to Tatian.
K1 Authors
K1 Diatessaron
K1 Encratite Christianity
K1 ENCRATITES
K1 Faith
K1 Gospel Traditions
K1 Heresy
K1 JUSTIN, Martyr, Saint, ca. 100-ca. 165
K1 Oratio ad Graecos
K1 Tatian
DO 10.1177/0014524608098729