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Paul of Nisibis - ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ

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“Theologian, biblical commentator, and bp. of Nisibis, for which position he was selected in 544 by Cath. Mar Aba, his former teacher.”1

Names

  • ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ2, 3
  • Paul of Nisibis
  • ܦܵܘܠܘܿܣ ܕܲܢܨܝܼܒܝܼܢ2
  • Paulus Nisibenus9
  • Paul of Nisibis
  • PAUL, métropolite de Nisibe5
  • Paul of Nisibis4
  • Pawlos of Nisibis1

Death

5731 or 5735

Sex

male5

Notes

“Theologian, biblical commentator, and bp. of Nisibis, for which position he was selected in 544 by Cath. Mar Aba, his former teacher.”1
In hagiography: Paul of Nisibis was originally from Prat Maysan. He was a disciple of Mar Aba I who signed the synod of Joseph in 554. He was an intermediary between Khusro and Justinian \ and Justin II. He debated also with Henana of Adiabene over theology of the Church of the East.
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    Works Cited

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    • 1 L. Van Rompay,Pawlos of Nisibis,inThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 324.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 2 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: 71.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 3 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: III, p: 87., vol: III, p: 87.
    • 4 Sergey Minov, ed.,A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Paul of Nisibis.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 5 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 338.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 6 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Nisibe, Métropole Syriaque Orientale et Ses Suffragants Des Origines à Nos Jours, CSCO 388, Subs. 54 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1977), p: 51-55.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 7 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [=  Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium], 2 vols. (Roma: Città nuova, 1998), vol: II, p: 769-70.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 8 Anton Baumstark,Geschichte Der Syrischen Literatur, Mit Ausschluss Der Christlich-Palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1922), p: 120-121.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 9 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina,Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965), section: 58.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 10 J.-B. Chabot,Littérature Syriaque, Bibliothèque Catholique Des Sciences Religieuses (Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), p: 52-53.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 11 William Wright,A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: A. and C. Black, 1894), p: 122.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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    Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Paul of Nisibis — ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/673.

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    Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Paul of Nisibis — ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/673.

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