Persian Diatessaron
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The Persian Diatessaron of Iwannis ‛Izz al-Din of Tabriz
is a 13th Century Gospel harmony
, the earliest of the Bible translations into Persian
. It appears to have been translated from a late copy of a Syriac harmony.
Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
is a 13th Century Gospel harmony
Gospel harmony
A Gospel harmony is an attempt to merge or harmonize the canonical gospels of the Four Evangelists into a single gospel account, the earliest known example being the Diatesseron by Tatian in the 2nd century. A gospel harmony may also establish a chronology for the events of the life of Jesus...
, the earliest of the Bible translations into Persian
Bible translations into Persian
Parts of the Gospels were first translated into Persian in the Persian Diatessaron in the 13th century. Then more sections of the Gospels by the 16th Century muslim scholar of, and critic of, Christianity Khatun Abadi.-Persian :...
. It appears to have been translated from a late copy of a Syriac harmony.