Month: December 2017

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] In our previous post in the series we looked at the so-called ‘Longer Ending’ of Mark’s Gospel and how the Diatessaron provides evidence in favour of its authenticity. In our final post in this series, we shall make three final observations from Tatian’s

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] Last time round we saw several instances where the text of the Diatessaron supports some of the New Testament’s marginal or disputed readings; and one instance where it very clearly didn’t. In this the fifth post in our series, we shall consider what

On 20th December the BBC announced that it would be airing more religious programming, including a greater representation of all faiths. I heard this announcement when Nick Robinson interviewed James Purnell, BBC Directory of Radio Education and Religious Programming about it on the Radio 4 Today programme, which you can listen to here (from 1°21’34”

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] In our last post we observed that there is clear evidence that over the centuries a process of ‘harmonization’ of the Diatessaron text had occurred, whereby the text had accrued passages from the standard biblical text in the course of transmission. In this

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] In this third post in the series, we look at some more things we learn from the Diatessaron, a second-century harmony of the Gospels by Tatian. You can find a description of the Diatessaron, and of its author, in the first post in

News outlet betrays ignorance whilst claiming that “one in five Brits do not know Jesus Christ born on 25 December” On 6 December the Independent Online published an article which claimed, Christmas 2017: One in five Brits do not know Jesus Christ born on 25 December, study finds Despite ubiquity of nativity plays and Christian

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] In this post we continue to look at some things we learn from the Diatessaron, a second-century harmony of the Gospels by Tatian. You can find a description of the Diatessaron, and of its author, in the previous post in this series here.