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A seated author writing on a scroll under an arch, from an early Syriac manuscript miniature chosen by the owner to stand for Tatian, who wrote in Syria; no likeness of Tatian survives, and the manuscript itself has not been identified

Apologist, pupil of Justin · c. 120 – c. 180

Tatian

An Assyrian who studied with Justin Martyr in Rome and wrote a sharp address to the Greeks, defending the Christian faith against Greek philosophy and customs.

Writings

  1. Apology

    Address to the Greeks

    Tatian explains why he left Greek learning for the ‘barbarian’ philosophy of the Christians.

    61 min read · translated by J.E. Ryland

  2. Treatise · 55 parts

    The Diatessaron

    Treatise by Tatian.

    319 min read · translated by Hope W. Hogg

  3. Collection

    Other Writings

    Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Tatian that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection.

    3 min read · translated by J.E. Ryland

Image: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “A seated author writing, early Syriac manuscript miniature” (Unknown illuminator; a seated author writing on a scroll in a Syriac manuscript), public domain (a manuscript miniature of the early middle ages), supplied by the site’s owner, source not identified.

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