Abdisho bar Berika
Abdisho bar Berika or Ebedjesu (
Abdisho was first bishop of Shiggar (
Nisibis and Armenia. He was the author of the Marganitha (The Book of the Jewel), one of the most important ecclesiastical texts of the Assyrian Church of the East
, a kind of theological encyclopaedia.
He wrote biblical commentaries in Syriac, as well as polemical treatises against heresy and dogmatic and legal writings.[3] He also wrote texts in metrical form including an author catalogue, which an important role in Syrian literary history .[4]
Works
- The "book of the jewel" or Marganitha (1298)
- Catalogue of biblical and ecclesiastical books.
- Paradise of Eden.
References
- ^ Zammit, Martin. 'Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo (Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard).
- ^ Earl, George (1944). History of the Christian Arabic literature. Vol. 1.
- ^ Lavenant, René (1919). Abdīšō Berika bar. Vol. 3.
- ^ Baumstark, Anton (1922). History of Syriac literature with exclusion of the Palestinian Christian texts. p. 632.
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