Aphrahat - ܐܦܪܗܛ

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“Syriac author of 23 ‘Demonstrations’, known as ‘the Persian Sage’.” 1

Names

ܐܦܪܗܛ6, 7
Aphrahat
ܐܦܪܗܛ ܦܪܣܝܐ4
ܐܰܦܪܗܰܛ ܦܳܪܣܳܝܐ4
ܐܲܦܪܵܗܵܛ5
افرهاط الفارسي3
APHRAAT LE PERSE8
Aphrahaat the Persian Anchorite
Aphrahat7
Aphrahates13
Aphrahat the Persian
Aphrahaṭ1
Aphrahat the Persian2
Ap(h)rahaṭ12

Sex

male8

Floruit

first half of 4th cent.1

Death

3642

Descriptions

In hagiography: Aphrahatwas known as an anchorite who converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity and fought Arianism in Antioch.

Event

The saint is venerated on Apr 7 (Latins); Jan 29 (Greeks). 8

Notes

“Syriac author of 23 ‘Demonstrations’, known as ‘the Persian Sage’.” 1

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Works Cited

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1 S. P. Brock, "Aphrahaṭ." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), pp: 24-25.
2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 8, pp: 228.
3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), pp: 195.
4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), pp: 217.
5 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha, Ktābā d-metqre margānitā d-ʿal šrārā da-kresṭyānutā, 2nd ed. (Mosul: Mṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), pp: 71.
6 Josephus Simonius Assemani, Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana (Rome: Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719-1728)., pp: III:85.
7 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Aphrahat.
8 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 45.
9 Alfred Baudrillart et al., Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1912)., : III, col. 935-36, s.v. l. Aphraate.
10 Jules Baudot, Léon Chaussin and Benedictines, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier: avec l'historique des fêtes (Paris: Librairie Letouzey et Ané, 1935)., : IV, 7 avril, 164-68.
11 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., : I, 287-88.
12 Anton Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Webers Verlag Dr. jur. Albert Ahn, 1922), pp: 30-31.
13 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965), section: 13.
14 J.-B. Chabot, Littérature syriaque, Bibliothèque catholique des sciences religieuses; Littératures chrétiennes de l'Orient (: Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), pp: 23-25.
15 William Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1894), pp: 31-32.
16 Sebastian Paul Brock, A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature, 2nd ed., rev. and enlarged , Mōrān ʾEthʾō, vol. 9 (Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 2008), pp: 13-16.

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Aphrahat — ܐܦܪܗܛ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/10.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Aphrahat — ܐܦܪܗܛ .”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson. Vol. 1 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/10.

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Entry Title: Aphrahat — ܐܦܪܗܛ

Additional Credit:

Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
German data entry by Samer Khader
Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
Editing, document design, data architecture, encoding, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts, addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH, matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, data merging, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
Editing, Syriac name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
Editorial oversight for GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry, and proofreading by Christopher Johnson
GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry and proofreading by the Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
Entries adapted from the work of Jean Maurice Fiey
Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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