Isaiah of Scetis - ܐܒܐ ܐܫܥܝܐ (sometime between 400 - 450)

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Identity

“Greek monastic writer of uncertain identity; author of the Asceticon (CPG 5555).” 1

Names:

  • ܐܒܐ ܐܫܥܝܐ6, 7
  • Isaiah of Scetis
  • ܐܲܒܵܐ ܐܹܫܲܥܝܵܐ4
  • اشعيا ناسك الاسقيط3
  • Abba Isaiah1
  • Abba Isaiah1
  • Isaiah of Scete2
  • Isaiah of Scetis1
  • Isaïe7


Works by Isaiah of Scetis in the New Handbook of Syriac Literature

Fathers (text)URI: http://syriaca.org/work/1556

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Dates

  • Floruit: early 5th cent.1


Works Cited

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  • 1 S. P. Brock, "Isaiah of Scetis." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), pp: 211, 211.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.Link to e-GEDSH entry
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), pp: 137.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), pp: 122.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha, Ktābā d-metqre margānitā d-ʿal šrārā da-kresṭyānutā, 2nd ed. (Mosul: Mṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), pp: 68.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 5 Josephus Simonius Assemani, Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana (Rome: Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719-1728)., pp: III:46.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat 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: Abba Isaiah.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
  • 7 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1471.Link to Syriaca.org Bibliographic Record.
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How to Cite This Entry

James E. Walters et al., “Isaiah of Scetis — ܐܒܐ ܐܫܥܝܐ ” in A Guide to Syriac Authors last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/548.

Bibliography:

James E. Walters et al., “Isaiah of Scetis — ܐܒܐ ܐܫܥܝܐ .” In A Guide to Syriac Authors, edited by David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson. Vol. 2 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. Syriaca.org, 2016-. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/548.

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Entry Title: Isaiah of Scetis — ܐܒܐ ܐܫܥܝܐ

Additional Credit:

  • Editing, document design, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
  • Matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
  • GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
  • Editing, Syriac name entry, Arabic name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
  • Editorial oversight for GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry, and proofreading by Christopher Johnson
  • GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry and proofreading by the Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts and addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH by Nathan P. Gibson

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