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Tell ʿAda - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܬܠܥܕܐ

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"The Monastery of Tell ʿAda, also known as the ‘Great Monastery’, is located just over 48 km. from Aleppo; 1500 m. north of the present village of Tell ʿAda."1

Names

  • ܕܝܪܐ ܕܬܠܥܕܐ
  • Tell ʿAda2, 7, 8
  • ܕܰܝܪܐ ܕܬܰܠܥܕܰܐ3
  • ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܪܰܒܳܐ3
  • الدير الكبير4
  • دير تلعدا4
  • Great Monastery5
  • monastery of Tell Ada6
  • Talada Monastery
  • Talʿada Monastery5
  • Tal‘ada Monastery
  • Tell Ada
  • Tell ‘Ada

Place Type

monastery

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 36.2517835000° Long. 36.8020213000°7

Notes

GEDSH Map II displays the location too far to the south, east of Ḥama rather than west of Aleppo.In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description "ܕܐܶܦܶܣܘܣ" should read "ܕܶܐܦܶܣܘܣ".
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Works Cited

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  • 1 J. A. Loopstra, Tell ʿAda, Monastery Of, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 398. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 64, 69, 184, 377, 398, 432map: Map II. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 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: 544. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 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: 510. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 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: 570. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 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 Tell Ada