Mar Aphrahat, OS Mk 10:20, and the Diatessaron

[yuku]

C'MON, Akhi.

You haven't even made up your mind what version you want to place in Aphrahat's hands - whether that version is Old Scratch or the Diatesseron. At least pick one and be consistent.

Shlama, Akhi Paul,

In my view, Aphrahat used an Old Syriac Diatessaron when commenting on this particular story of the Rich Man. And, naturally, this OS Diatessaron would have been based on the separate OS gospels.

(Interestingly enough, Aphrahat never says that this was a _Young_ Rich Man.)

Thus, if Aphrahat is citing from the OS Diatessaron, his citation would look like a combination of the OS Mk and the OS Mt.

I think most people would agree that, for this particular pericope, the quote from Aphrahat is a lot closer to the Old Syriac than to the Peshitta.

If Aphrahat was merely paraphrasing, and nothing else, then why does his paraphrase look so close to the Old Syriac text?

Shlama,

Yuri.