George, bishop of the Arabs - ܓܘܪܓܝ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܥܪ̈ܒܝܐ
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"Bp. of the Arabs and learned author."1
Names
- ܓܘܪܓܝ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܥܪ̈ܒܝܐ
- George, bishop of the Arabs
- ܡܪܝ ܓܘܪܓܝ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܥܡܡ̈ܐ4
- ܡܳܪܝ ܓܶܘܰܪܓܝ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘܦܳܐ ܕܥܰܡܡ̈ܐ4
- مار جرجس اسقف العرب3
- GEORGES, ÉVÊQUE DES ARABES7
- George, bishop of the Arabs5
- George, Bishop of the Arab Tribes
- Georgius ep. Arabum10
- Georges des Arabes6
- George, bp. of the Arab tribes
- Giwargi, bp. of the Arab tribes1
- Mar George, bishop of the Arabs2
Sex
male7
Notes
"Bp. of the Arabs and learned author."1 In hagiography: George of the Arabs is commemorated as a student of Severus of Sebokht at Qenneshre, who was versed in all the branches of knowledge of his time. George became Bishop of the Arab tribes in 686. His seat was in Aqula.Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 S. P. Brock, Giwargi, Bp. of the Arab Tribes, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 177-178.
- 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 118p: 354.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 308.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 337.
- 5 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: George, bishop of the Arabs
