Saint Ephrem's Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron: An English Translation of Chester Beatty Syriac MS 709 with Introduction and Notes (Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement) [Hardcover]

Carmel McCarthy (Translator)

Book Description

Series: Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement | Publication Date: January 6, 1994

This is the first English translation of the commentary by fourth century A.D. theologian Ephrem the Syrian on the Diatessaron--a Gospel woven from the text of the four Gospels, which predates our earliest evidence of the official Syriac translation of the New Testament. The translation fills a gap in scholarship and will be appreciated by patristics and biblical scholars, hagiographers, and historians of Christianity.

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"The translation is serviceable and illuminating....the commentary offers a fascinating glimpse of the style. exegetical method, and theology of perhaps the most important person in the history of early Syriac Christianity, and thus is of interest to New Testament scholars, textual critics, church historians, and liturgical specialists."--Religious Studies Reveiw

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 392 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 6, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199221634
• ISBN-13: 978-0199221639
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,063,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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