Abraham of Nathpar - ܐܒܪܗܡ ܢܬܦܪܝܐ
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Abraham of Nathpar was an East
Syrian author and ascetic from the region of Adiabene who wrote
treatises on monasticism and contemplative theology. He was commemorated at
an eponymous
monastery in the same region. Abraham was a contemporary of
Abraham of
Kashkar and the former Abraham's writings played a role in
the monastic reform in the Church of the East led by latter Abraham. Abraham
of Nathpar's reputation also extended beyond the Church of the East. Some of
his works circulated under the name of Evagrius of Pontus and
can be found in West Syrian ascetic miscellanies under that name as well as
attributed to Abraham himself.1, 9, 27
Names
- ܐܒܪܗܡ ܢܬܦܪܝܐ5, 6
- Abraham of Nathpar1
- ܐܒܪܗܝܡ ܐܠܢܦܬܪܝ20
- ܐܒܪܗܡ ܢܦܬܪܝܐ8
- ܐܒܪܗܡ ܢܦܬܪܝܐ4
- ܐܰܒܪܳܗܡܳ ܢܰܦܬܪܝܐ4
- ܐܲܒܪܵܗܵܡ ܢܲܬܦܪܵܝܵܐ5
- ابرهيم النفتري3
- Abraham de Nathpar15
- Abraham de Nethpar8
- ABRAHAM DE NEṮPAR9
- Abraham de Nephtar20
- Abrāhām Neptarāyā
- Abraham of Natpar7
- Abraham of Nethpar
- Abraham de Nathpar8
- Abraham of Naphtar2
- ʾAḇrāhām Neptarāyā8
Floruit
6th - early 7th cent.
Sex
male9
Notes
Abraham of Nathpar was an East Syrian author and ascetic from the region of Adiabene who wrote treatises on monasticism and contemplative theology. He was commemorated at an eponymous monastery in the same region. Abraham was a contemporary of Abraham of Kashkar and the former Abraham's writings played a role in the monastic reform in the Church of the East led by latter Abraham. Abraham of Nathpar's reputation also extended beyond the Church of the East. Some of his works circulated under the name of Evagrius of Pontus and can be found in West Syrian ascetic miscellanies under that name as well as attributed to Abraham himself.1, 9, 27 At various points in the tradition, the pe [ܦ] and the tau [ܬ] in the name, Nathpar/Naphtar, have been transposed. The original form is unclear.1 His life, which is lost today, was written in the seventh century by the monk Sawrīshō' Rustam.10 On his monastery, see Fiey.13Status: uncorrected-draft
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- 1 J. W. Childers, Abraham of Nathpar, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 9.
- 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), p: 139.
- 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: 124.
- 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: 145.
- 5 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ
ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ
ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), p: 77.
- 6 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: IIIp: 191, vol: IIIp: 191.
- 7 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Abraham of Natpar