Abraham of Kashkar — <foreign xml:lang="syr">ܐܒܪܗܡ ܟܫܟܪܝܐ</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/320/tei

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Abraham of Kashkar ܐܒܪܗܡ ܟܫܟܪܝܐ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܟܫܟܪܝܐ Abraham Kashkaraya ܐܒܪܗܡ Abraham of Kashkar Abraham the Great ʾAḇrāhām Kaškarāyā ʾAḇrāhām Abraham de Kashkar ABRAHAM DE KAŜKAR Abraham e Kashkar http://syriaca.org/person/320 http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_320 http://viaf.org/viaf/148289339 http://viaf.org/viaf/89776928 http://viaf.org/viaf/258211827 http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=A&sK=Abraham of Kashkar&sT=keywords 23 Monk, founder and abbot of the ‘Great Monastery’ on Mount Izla. male 492 ca. 500 586 588 In hagiography: Abraham of Kashkar (Abraham the Great of Kashkar, or "the elder") was a celebrated reformer of monasticism in Mesopotamia and a great saint of the Church of the East. A student of the School of Nisibis, Abraham was a missionary, ascetic, and miracle-worker. He was called "Father of the Monks of the Orient." The commemoration of Abraham was May 2 among the East Syrians. Earliest sources of the Life of Abraham (Abba John and Rabban Rustam) are lost, but they were used by the following: Ch. of E.

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Abraham of Kashkar is commemorated in Abraham of Kashkar (text) — .

Abraham of Kashkar is commemorated in Sergius and Abraham of Kashkar (text) — .

L. Van Rompay Abraham of Kashkar The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 8-9 A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Abraham of Kashkar Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 982 981 Saints Syriaques ABRAHAM DE KAŜKAR 23 Liber Castatis Thomas of Marga Liber superiorum I.4 Mārī ibn Sulaymān 47 arabe Chronique de Seert II, 41-43 Vita BHO Sachau Entry 14 History of Rabban bar 'Idta ROC 11 [1906], 406-408 Vööbus Syriac and Arabic Documents Regarding Legislation Relative to Syrian Asceticism 1960, 150-62 His rules were edited in Syriac and translated into English DHGE I, col. 174-75 Summary in J. Habbi BSO I, 26-28 Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte 130-131 Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca 72 Chabot, Littérature syriaque 52-53