Dionysius bar Salibi

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Dionysius bar Salibi (died 1171) was

Amid, in Upper Mesopotamia, from 1166 to 1171.[1] He was one of the most prominent and prolific writers within the Syriac Orthodox Church during the twelfth century.[2]

He was a native of

Amid in Mesopotamia, and there he remained until his death in 1171.[1][5]

Of his writings probably the most important are his exhaustive commentaries on the text of the Old and New Testaments, in which he skillfully interwove and summarized the interpretations of previous writers such as

Moses Bar-Kepha and John of Dara, whom he mentions together in the preface to his commentary on St Matthew. Among his other main works are a treatise against heretics, containing inter alia a polemic against the Jews and the Muslims; liturgical treatises, epistles and homilies.[1]

His polemical works also include treatises on

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c McLean 1911.
  2. ^ Bundy 1993, p. 244-252.
  3. ^ Fiey 1993, p. 232-233.
  4. ^ Fiey 1993, p. 229-230.
  5. ^ Fiey 1993, p. 162-163.
  6. ^ Mingana & Harris 1927, p. 110-117.
  7. ^ Mingana 1931, p. 489-558.

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