Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Sacred Scripture Exegetes and biblicists

Abū 'l-Faraj Hibatallah

ABŪ 'I-FARAḠ HIBATĀLLAH

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ABŪ 'I-FARAḠ HIBATĀLLAH. - Coptic writer of the 13th century, also called Abū'l-FaraḠ ibn al-'Assal, brother of Abū Ishāq.

He made himself famous for his "Gospel Concordances" made on the Greek, Coptic, Arabic and Syriac texts. He is also the author of a Coptic grammar, of a treatise on the "state of the soul after death" and of the "book of the master and the disciple."

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BIBL.: I. Guidi, Le traduzioni degli evangeli in arabo ed etiopico, Rome 1888; A. Mallon and G. Graf, articles cited at the entry ABŪ ISHĀQ.

Maurizio Gordillo

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 149–150.

More by Maurizio Gordillo: Abu Isḥāq ibn al-'Assāl · Abukara, Theodore (Thāwādōrās) · Academies · Antimus VI, Patriarch of Constantinople · Antimus VII, Patriarch of Constantinople

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Gordillo, Maurizio. “AbŪ 'I-FaraḠ HibatĀLlah.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 149–150. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/abu-i-farag-hibatallah.

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Gordillo, Maurizio. “AbŪ 'I-FaraḠ HibatĀLlah.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 149–150. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/abu-i-farag-hibatallah.

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  author    = {Gordillo, Maurizio},
  title     = {AbŪ 'I-FaraḠ HibatĀLlah},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {149--150},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/abu-i-farag-hibatallah}
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