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“This famous monastery was founded in 595/6 by Yaʿqub, a monk of the 'Great Monastery' of Abraham of Kashkar (on the mountain of Izla), who originated from Lashom in Beth Garmai.”1
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- Lat. 36.7332220000° Long. 43.8796390000°5
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“96. Beth ʿAbe, Monastery of”1
“This famous monastery was founded in 595/6 by Yaʿqub, a monk of the 'Great Monastery' of Abraham of Kashkar (on the mountain of Izla), who originated from Lashom in Beth Garmai.”1
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"Beth Abe Monastery" in WikipediaWorks Cited
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- 1 S. P. Brock, "Beth ʿAbe, Monastery of." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 70.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 70, 94, 144, 175, 202, 218, 356, 417, 441.
- 3 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: monastery of Bet Abhe.
- 4 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 125, 144, 155, 156, 170, 203, 353, 354, 359.
- 5 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 14.
- 6 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 825.
- 7 p: 88-104., p: 88-104.
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- Data merging for Syriac World maps data by William L. Potter
- Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
- Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
- Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov
- Connection to the Syriac World identified by Florence Jullien
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
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