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Identity
“Also known as John of Beth Ruphina and John of Maiuma. An anti-Chalcedonian presbyter, monk, and hagiographer of the 5th and 6th cent.; dates of birth and death unknown.” 1
Names:
- ܝܘܚܢܢ ܪܘܦܘܣ
- John Rufus
- ܝܘܚܢܢ ܪܘܦܘܣ ܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܡܐܝܘܡܐ4
- ܝܘܚܰܢܢ ܪܳܘܦܘܣ ܐܰܢܛܝܘܟܳܝܳܐ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘܦܳܐ ܕܡܰܐܝܘܡܐ4
- يوحنا روفس الانطاكي اسقف مايوما3
- John Rufus
- Joannes Ruphos6
- John Rufus1, 10
- John Rufus the Antiochian, bishop of Mayoma2
Office
- bishop of Mayoma 2
Works by John Rufus in the New Handbook of Syriac Literature
Related Places in the Syriac Gazetteer
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Dates
- Floruit: ca. 4751
Works Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 J.-E. Steppa, "John Rufus." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), pp: 231-232.
- 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: 36, pp: 253.
- 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: 218.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), pp: 244.
- 5 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: John Rufus.
- 6 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: 184.
- 7 Cornelia B Horn and Robert R Phenix (eds.), The Lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus, Writings from the Greco-Roman world, vol. 24 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008)
Status: draft
Relationships
John Rufus Born at (1)
John Rufus Has relation to place (2)
Ascalon (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available]A coastal city north of Gaza .URI: http://syriaca.org/place/674
Beirut (settlement) - ܒܝܪܘܬ
Names: Berytos"Beirut, Lebanon is mentioned in many Syr. Orth. texts in connection with the St. Jude monastery and church."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/46
28 Catalog Search Results from WorldCat
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- The lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus
- Plérophories : témoignages et révélations contre le Concile de Chalcédoine
- John Rufus : the Lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus
- Les plérophories de Jean, évêque de Maiouma : (récits anecdotiques relatifs au Ve siècle) : publiées pour la première fois d'après un manuscrit de l'an 875
How to Cite This Entry
James E. Walters et al., “John Rufus — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܪܘܦܘܣ
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Bibliography:
James E. Walters et al., “John Rufus — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܪܘܦܘܣ .” In A Guide to Syriac Authors, edited by David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson. Vol. 2 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. Syriaca.org, 2016-. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/39.About this Entry
Entry Title: John Rufus — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܪܘܦܘܣ
Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:
- David A. Michelson, general editor, Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal
- David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson, editors, A Guide to Syriac Authors
- James E. Walters, David A. Michelson, Thomas A. Carlson, Nathan P. Gibson, and Kristian Heal, entry contributors, “John Rufus — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܪܘܦܘܣ ”
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, document design, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
- Matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
- GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
- Editing, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
- Arabic name entry by Jad Kaado
- 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
- Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts and addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH by Nathan P. Gibson



