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This is a Hebrew-English reconstruction of the «Gospel according to the Hebrews» (GH) which up to the fifth century was still known by most people as Matthew’s authentic text (Jer. Comm. Matt. 12.13). The Hebrew autograph, composed in Jerusalem by Matthew on behalf of the Twelve, can be dated to 35 CE according to Syriac writer Dionysius bar Salibi. While we only possess brief fragments in form of quotations, GH can be restored by utilizing the quadriform gospel, the latter of which is merely the result of dismantling the former. Moreover, the reconstruction premises that those who identified the «Diatessaron» as GH prior to its confiscation in the mid-fifth century were correct but part of a suppressed minority (Epi. Pan. 46.1.9). Variants which are consistently mistaken for harmonizations or conflations are therefore recognized as remains of GH. Ephrem’s «Commentary on the [Hebrew] Gospel» is one of the prime sources for establishing the original narrative sequence, while Hebrew, Coptic, and Syro-Latin witnesses are largely employed for recovering autographic readings.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...econstruction_of_Matthaei_Authenticum_Preview
https://www.researchgate.net/public...econstruction_of_Matthaei_Authenticum_Preview