Persian Diatessaron

The Persian Diatessaron of Iwannis ‛Izz al-Din of Tabriz is a 13th-century Gospel harmony, the earliest of the Bible translations into Persian.P. Joosse, “An introduction to the so-called Persian Diatessaron of Iwannis ‛Izz al-Din of Tabriz: the testimony of John 2:1-11 (the Wedding at Cana),” It appears to have been translated from a late copy of a Syriac harmony.New Testament introduction Alfred Wikenhauser - 1958 It was probably made between 1230 and 1300, and certainly from a Syriac original , though not the primitive form of the Diatessaron ; its author was a certain Iwannis 'Izz al-Din. It surpasses even the medieval Dutch life of Our Lord in