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Fragments of the Commentary of Ephrem Syrus upon the Diatessaron
Ephrem Syrus (ed. J. Rendel Harris)
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The work 'Fragments of the Commentary of Ephrem the Syrian on the Diatessaron', edited by J. Rendel Harris (1895), is a scholarly publication that presents the original Syriac text alongside an English translation. My searches across multiple catalogs (including local scholarly catalogs and Internet Archive) did not reveal any prior English translation of these specific Syriac fragments. As this 1895 edition appears to be the primary scholarly publication that introduced these fragments to the English-speaking world with a translation, it is the first English translation.
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This book recovers the lost voice of Ephrem the Syrian through the fragments of his commentary on the Diatessaron. Readers will uncover how early Christians navigated theological conflict, heresy, and the challenge of reconciling the four Gospels into one narrative.