Isaac of Nineveh
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ማር፡ ይስሐቅ፡↗ normalized: Mār Yǝsḥaq↗ ʾabbā role: title ↗ main: Isaac of Nineveh↗
Birth
0613
Period of Activity
He was ordained bishop of Nineveh↗ by katholikos George I↗ , but resigned after a few months and thereafter lived as a hermit in the desert of Persia↗ . Later, he became a monk. His writings were influential for eastern monasticism and mysticism.
Death
0700
Author of
- Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq attributed.Some of the texts in t3arabic not found in this file are originally written by Isaac of Nineveh↗ .
- Maṣḥafa zenāhomu la-ʾabaw attributed.
- Ṣalot za-ṣallaya Yǝsḥaq Soryāwi attributed.
- Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq.
- Ṣalota za-ṣallaya Mār Yǝṣḥaq.
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Names
- birth: ማር፡ ይስሐቅ፡ gez
- ʾabbā role: title
- main: Isaac of Nineveh en
Dates
Birth: 613
Period of activity: 650–700
Death: 700
Occupation
bishop
Faith
Syriac
Nationality
Syria
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Weninger, S. 2007. ‘Isaac of Nineveh’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 193a–194a.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, Dorothea Reule, ʻIsaac of Ninevehʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-02-21) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS5581Isaacof [Accessed: 2024-05-29]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added syriaca and wikidata on 21.2.2018
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 28.11.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor
Dorothea Reule, contributor