Paul of Nisibis - ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ
http://syriaca.org/person/673
“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 ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ6, 7
- Paul of Nisibis
- ܦܵܘܠܘܿܣ ܕܲܢܨܝܼܒܝܼܢ2
- Paulus Nisibenus9
- Paul of Nisibis
- PAUL, métropolite de Nisibe5
- Paul of Nisibis4
- Pawlos of Nisibis1
Sex
male5
Descriptions
In hagiography: 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.
Notes
“Theologian, biblical commentator, and bp. of Nisibis, for which position he was
selected in 544 by Cath. Mar Aba, his former teacher.” 1
Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 L. Van Rompay, "Pawlos of Nisibis." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), pp: 324.
- 2 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha, Ktābā d-metqre margānitā d-ʿal šrārā da-kresṭyānutā, 2nd ed. (Mosul: Mṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), pp: 71.
- 3 Josephus Simonius Assemani, Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana (Rome: Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719-1728)., pp: III: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.
- 5 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 338.
- 6 Jean Maurice Fiey, Nisibe, métropole syriaque orientale et ses suffragants des origines à
nos jours (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1977)., : 51-55.
- 7 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : II, 769-70.
- 8 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: 120-121.
- 9 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965), section: 58.
- 10 J.-B. Chabot, Littérature syriaque, Bibliothèque catholique des sciences religieuses; Littératures chrétiennes de l'Orient (: Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), pp: 52-53.
- 11 William Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1894), pp: 122.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Paul of Nisibis — ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ .”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson. Vol. 2 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/673.About this Entry
Entry Title: Paul of Nisibis — ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ
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