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Jacob of Edessa - ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ

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"Bp. of Edessa (ca. 684–9, 708) and scholar."1

Names

  • ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ
  • Jacob of Edessa
  • ܝܥܩܘܒ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ4, 5
  • ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ ܐܘܼܪܗܵܝܵܐ5
  • ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ4
  • ܡܳܪܝ ܝܰܥܩܘܒ ܕܐܘܪܗܳܝ4
  • مار يعقوب الرهاوي3
  • Jacobus Edessae13
  • Jacob of Edessa
  • JACQUES D'EDESSE9
  • Yaqub of Edessa
  • Ya‘qub of Edessa
  • Jacob of Edessa7
  • Jacques d’Édesse8
  • Jaʿqôb(h) von Edessa12
  • Mar Jacob of Edessa2
  • Yaʿqub of Edessa1

Birth

ca. 630 ʿAyn Dābā

Death

708 Tell ʿAda

Sex

male9

Notes

"Bp. of Edessa (ca. 684–9, 708) and scholar."1 In hagiography: Jacob of Edessa was commemorated as one of the greatest Syrian orthodox scholars and biblical commentators. He joined the monastery of Qenneshre, and he studied in Alexandria and Edessa. After he became Bishop of Edessa, he retired with two students to teach Greek at the convent of Eusebona, and then he wrote commentaries on scripture. He died at the monastery of Tell ʿAda.
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  • 1 A. G. Salvesen, Yaʿqub of Edessa, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 432-433. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 109p: 334. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 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: 291. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 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: 317. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 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: 80. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: IIIp: 229, vol: IIIp: 229.
  • 7 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Jacob of Edessa