Aphrahat — <foreign xml:lang="syr">ܐܦܪܗܛ</foreign> Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The National Endowment for the Humanities The International Balzan Prize Foundation Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent David A. Michelson Nathan P. Gibson Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent David A. Michelson Nathan P. Gibson James E. Walters Thomas A. Carlson Kristian Heal 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 Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal http://syriaca.org/person/10/tei

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Aphrahat Aphrahaṭ Aphrahat the Persian افرهاط الفارسي ܐܦܪܗܛ ܦܪܣܝܐ ܐܰܦܪܗܰܛ ܦܳܪܣܳܝܐ ܐܦܪܗܛ ܐܲܦܪܵܗܵܛ Aphrahat Aphrahaat the Persian Anchorite Aphrahat the Persian APHRAAT LE PERSE Ap(h)rahaṭ Aphrahates http://syriaca.org/person/10 http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_10 http://viaf.org/viaf/37707408 http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-41616 http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=A&sK=Aphrahat&sT=keywords 45 Syriac author of 23 ‘Demonstrations’, known as ‘the Persian Sage’. male first half of 4th cent. 364 In hagiography: Aphrahatwas known as an anchorite who converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity and fought Arianism in Antioch. The saint is venerated on Apr 7 (Latins); Jan 29 (Greeks). S. P. Brock Aphrahaṭ The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 24-25 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 8 228 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 195 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 217 ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ 71 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana III:85 A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Aphrahat Saints Syriaques APHRAAT LE PERSE 45 A. Aigrain DHGE III, col. 935-36, s.v. l. Aphraate Vies des Saints IV, 7 avril, 164-68 P. Burchi BS I, 287-88 Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte 30-31 Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca 13 Chabot, Littérature syriaque 23-25 Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature 31-32 Brock, A brief outline of Syriac literature 13-16 This author was born at a known location.