Diatessaron

The Diatessaron is an early harmony of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John that was produced by Tatian of Syria. The original (presumably Greek) text of Tatian’s harmony has not survived. The translations into English below are from possible translations of Tatian’s harmony into other languages (Arabic, Latin, Dutch and Middle English). The connections between all of these translations and Tatian’s harmony or some other early Christian harmony is speculative. Very possibly all of these may be remnants of other early harmonies of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, rather than translations of Tatian’s harmony.

• Samuel Hemphill (translated ~1888)
  • The Diatessaron of Tatian (published 1888) — facsimile
• J. Hamlyn Hill (translated ~1894)
  • The Earliest Life of Christ Ever Complied From the Four Gospels… (published 1894) — facsimile
• Hope W. Hogg (translated ~1896)
  • Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume 9 (published 1896)
    • read online
• Margery Goates (edited 1922, date of translation into middle English unknown)
  • The Pepysian Gospel Harmony (published 1922) — facsimile
• Daniel Plooij (translated ~1923)
  • A Primitive Text of the Diatessaron (published 1923, partial translation only) — facsimile
• Yuri Kuchinsky (translated ~2002)
  • The Magdalene Gospel: a Journey Behind the New Testament (published 2002, this work is a modern English translation of The Pepysian Gospel Harmony above) — text/html
• David R. Smith (translated ~2006/revised 2013)
  • The Forgotten Gospel: The Latin Diatessaron (published 2006/2013)