In the second century, well before the ‘canonical’ gospels took their present form, Tatian wove from the four gospels and one or more Judaic-Christian gospel, one harmonized account of the life of Christ, the Diatessaron. The Earliest Life of Christ is an English translation of the Diatessaron based on the Arabic version, itself a translation from the lost Syriac.

• CONTENTS 7
• INTRODUCTION 8
• INTRODUCTORY NOTE IN THE BORGIAN MS. 16
• ENGLISH VERSION OP THE ARABIC DIATESSARON 18
• CONCLUDING NOTE IN THE BORGIAN MS. 241