William L Petersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1482357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William L Petersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | William L |
| FAMILY NAME | Petersen |
| SIGNATURE | PETERSEN W L |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Weaver Building, Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Vorlage of Shem-Tob's ‘Hebrew Matthew’
Responding to assertions and evidence in a 1997 New Testament Studies article by R. F. Shedinger (and to George Howard, the editor of the text in question), this article demonstrates with fourteen textual examples and circumstantial evidence (Isaac Velasquez's Arabic gospel translation) that the Hebrew Matthew contained in Shem-Tob's Even Bohan (1) is part of the western harmonized gospel tradition, (2) is especially, often uniquely, related to t…
Saint Ephrem's Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron
Essays on the Diatessaron
The plurality of Gospel traditions constituted one of the perplexing phenomena of early Christian history. Little wonder that many attempted to explain the differences away. Gospel Harmonies were meant to demonstrate the factual unity of early Jesus traditions. Tatian has to his name one of the earliest harmonies, probably the most successful example: the so-called Diatessaron. Of this work, only indirect traces remain. This fact has made the rec…
A New Testimonium To a Judaic-Christian Gospel Fragment From a Hymn of Romanos the Melodist1
Il existe entre 32 et 50 fragments des evangiles judeo-chretiens. Au moins deux d'entre eux apparaissent dans les hymnes de Romanos le Melode. Les hymnes de Romanos fournissent la confirmation de l'existence d'une tradition du chagrin de Pierre avant de renier le Christ. L'hymne de Romanos fournit un terminus ante quem pour la genese de cette tradition qui trouve son origine au VI e siecle. La source de Romanos le melodiste est un evangile judeo-…
A New Testimonium to a Judaic-Christian Gospel Fragment from a Hymn of Romanos the Melodist
Schismatics, Sectarians, Dissidents, Deviants
Tatian's Diatessaron. Its Creation, Dissemination, Significance, & History in Scholarship
Tatian's Diatessaron
A gospel harmony composed c. 172 C.E., the Diatessaron is one of the earliest witnesses to the gospels. Regarded as the first version of the gospels in Latin, Syriac, and Armenian, the Diatessaron was used by Encratites, Judaic-Christians, and “Great Church” Christians alike. This study is the first comprehensive treatment of the Diatessaron in more than a century. After sketching the second-century setting and Tatian's biography, it describes vi…
The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture
Ebionites, Gospel of the
The name given by scholars to a presumed Judaic-Christian gospel, now lost. The matter of these Judaic-Christian gospels, namely, the Gospel of the Ebionites, the Gospel of the Hebrews, and the Gospel of the Nazoraeans has been called the most irritating problem in the NT Apocrypha.Confusion stems f
Diatessaron
Diatessaron (Greek: dia tessaron: “through [the] four [Gospels]”) is the name given by Eusebius (Hist.Eccl. 4.29.6) to a “combination and collection” of the Gospels created by TATI AN about the year 170 c.e. As one of the earliest witnesses to the text of the Gospels (it is rivaled only by the quota
The Christology of Aphrahat, the Persian Sage
The Christology of Aphrahat, the Persian Sage
Aphrahat' (* c. 270 t c. 345) is indisputably one of the giants of early Christianity. His twenty-three Demonstrations define classical Syriac,2 and are the most significant literary monument of Syrian Christianity before Ephrem. The alert reader of literature about Aphrahat is struck by a paradox in many descriptions of his theology, especially his Christology. Three examples will illustrate the point. The first sentence of the Vorwort of Ortiz …
Textual Evidence of Tatian's Dependence Upon Justin's 'Aπomnhmoneymata
Because of their early date (mid-second century) and interesting variants, the gospel citations of Justin Martyr — he almost always refers to his source as άπομνημονεύματα τν άποστόλων (‘memoirs of the apostles’), and only rarely as a ‘gospel’ — have long attracted scholars’ attention. It is self-evident that the citations contain numerous variant readings and are frequently harmonized; the dispute has been over what best explains this phenomenon…
Gospel Traditions in the Second Century
"Can ApΣEnokoitai Be Translated By "Homosexuals
The Dependence of Romanos the Melodist Upon the Syriac Ephrem
The scholarly world has been greatly enriched by continuing publication of hymns of Romanos, the Melodist.' The fifth of projected seven volumes has appeared, and was recently reviewed in these pages.2 The edition is consistent with high standards we have come to expect from Sources Chretiennes. Jose Grosdidier de Matons of Sorbonne is to be applauded not only for his meticulous care in editing hymns, but also for his most helpful monograph, Roma…
Romanos and the Diatessaron
This article will presend evidence to demonstrate that Romanos, ‘the Melodist’, is a witness to the Diatessaron of Tatian. six new Diatessaronic readings, Present in both Romanos and other Diatessaronic witnesses, are adduced as evidence for this conclusion. These new readings are significant not only for their Diatessaronic status, but also for their textual, theolgical and historical import
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Romanos and the Diatessaron
This article will presend evidence to demonstrate that Romanos, ‘the Melodist’, is a witness to the Diatessaron of Tatian. six new Diatessaronic readings, Present in both Romanos and other Diatessaronic witnesses, are adduced as evidence for this conclusion. These new readings are significant not only for their Diatessaronic status, but also for their textual, theolgical and historical import
The Dependence of Romanos the Melodist Upon the Syriac Ephrem
The scholarly world has been greatly enriched by continuing publication of hymns of Romanos, the Melodist.' The fifth of projected seven volumes has appeared, and was recently reviewed in these pages.2 The edition is consistent with high standards we have come to expect from Sources Chretiennes. Jose Grosdidier de Matons of Sorbonne is to be applauded not only for his meticulous care in editing hymns, but also for his most helpful monograph, Roma…
"Can ApΣEnokoitai Be Translated By "Homosexuals
Textual Evidence of Tatian's Dependence Upon Justin's 'Aπomnhmoneymata
Because of their early date (mid-second century) and interesting variants, the gospel citations of Justin Martyr — he almost always refers to his source as άπομνημονεύματα τν άποστόλων (‘memoirs of the apostles’), and only rarely as a ‘gospel’ — have long attracted scholars’ attention. It is self-evident that the citations contain numerous variant readings and are frequently harmonized; the dispute has been over what best explains this phenomenon…
Gospel Traditions in the Second Century
Ebionites, Gospel of the
The name given by scholars to a presumed Judaic-Christian gospel, now lost. The matter of these Judaic-Christian gospels, namely, the Gospel of the Ebionites, the Gospel of the Hebrews, and the Gospel of the Nazoraeans has been called the most irritating problem in the NT Apocrypha.Confusion stems f
Diatessaron
Diatessaron (Greek: dia tessaron: “through [the] four [Gospels]”) is the name given by Eusebius (Hist.Eccl. 4.29.6) to a “combination and collection” of the Gospels created by TATI AN about the year 170 c.e. As one of the earliest witnesses to the text of the Gospels (it is rivaled only by the quota
The Christology of Aphrahat, the Persian Sage
The Christology of Aphrahat, the Persian Sage
Aphrahat' (* c. 270 t c. 345) is indisputably one of the giants of early Christianity. His twenty-three Demonstrations define classical Syriac,2 and are the most significant literary monument of Syrian Christianity before Ephrem. The alert reader of literature about Aphrahat is struck by a paradox in many descriptions of his theology, especially his Christology. Three examples will illustrate the point. The first sentence of the Vorwort of Ortiz …
Tatian's Diatessaron
A gospel harmony composed c. 172 C.E., the Diatessaron is one of the earliest witnesses to the gospels. Regarded as the first version of the gospels in Latin, Syriac, and Armenian, the Diatessaron was used by Encratites, Judaic-Christians, and “Great Church” Christians alike. This study is the first comprehensive treatment of the Diatessaron in more than a century. After sketching the second-century setting and Tatian's biography, it describes vi…
The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture
Schismatics, Sectarians, Dissidents, Deviants
Tatian's Diatessaron. Its Creation, Dissemination, Significance, & History in Scholarship
Saint Ephrem's Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron
Essays on the Diatessaron
The plurality of Gospel traditions constituted one of the perplexing phenomena of early Christian history. Little wonder that many attempted to explain the differences away. Gospel Harmonies were meant to demonstrate the factual unity of early Jesus traditions. Tatian has to his name one of the earliest harmonies, probably the most successful example: the so-called Diatessaron. Of this work, only indirect traces remain. This fact has made the rec…
A New Testimonium To a Judaic-Christian Gospel Fragment From a Hymn of Romanos the Melodist1
Il existe entre 32 et 50 fragments des evangiles judeo-chretiens. Au moins deux d'entre eux apparaissent dans les hymnes de Romanos le Melode. Les hymnes de Romanos fournissent la confirmation de l'existence d'une tradition du chagrin de Pierre avant de renier le Christ. L'hymne de Romanos fournit un terminus ante quem pour la genese de cette tradition qui trouve son origine au VI e siecle. La source de Romanos le melodiste est un evangile judeo-…
A New Testimonium to a Judaic-Christian Gospel Fragment from a Hymn of Romanos the Melodist
The Vorlage of Shem-Tob's ‘Hebrew Matthew’
Responding to assertions and evidence in a 1997 New Testament Studies article by R. F. Shedinger (and to George Howard, the editor of the text in question), this article demonstrates with fourteen textual examples and circumstantial evidence (Isaac Velasquez's Arabic gospel translation) that the Hebrew Matthew contained in Shem-Tob's Even Bohan (1) is part of the western harmonized gospel tradition, (2) is especially, often uniquely, related to t…
Philosophy (16 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (14 works) · Theology (13 works) · Art (10 works) · Biblical studies (10 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (10 works) · History (10 works) · Literature (10 works) · Gospel (7 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works)