Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950

Ebediesu ('Abdišo' Bab Berikā)

EBEDIESU ('ABDĪŠO' BAB BĒRĪKĀ)

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Also known as: 'Abdisho' of Nisibis, Abdisho bar Berika, Abdisho bar Brika, ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha

EBEDIESU ('ABDIŠO' BAB BERIKĀ). - Nestorian metropolitan of Nisibis and Armenia (ca. 1290), d. in November 1318. One of the last writers in Syriac.

His works: Paradise of Eden (1290), a collection of religious poems; The Book of the Pearl on the truth of the Christian religion (summarized by J. S. Assemani, edited and almost entirely translated by A. Mai), important for knowledge of Nestorian theology in the 13th century; Catalogue of Nestorian authors and their works; Treatise on canon law.

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BIBL.: J. S. Assemani, Bibliotheca orientalis, III, Rome 1725, pp. 352-60; A. Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio, X, 7, ibid. 1838, pp. 317-66; R. Duval, La littérature syriaque, 3rd ed., Paris 1907, pp. 245-46; A. Baumstark, Geschichte der syr. Litteratur, Bonn 1922, pp. 323-25.

Severio Pericoli Ridolfini

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By Saverio Pericoli Ridolfini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), p. 27.

More by Saverio Pericoli Ridolfini: Ebediesu ('Abdišo') · Edessa ('Edessa) · Elcesaites · Elephantine · Encratites (Ἐγκρατῆς, Ἐγκρατῆται, Ἐγκρατῆται)

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Pericoli, Ridolfini Saverio. “Ebediesu ('AbdĪŠO' Bab BĒRĪKĀ).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, p. 27. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/ebediesu-abdiso-bab-berika.

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Pericoli, Ridolfini Saverio. “Ebediesu ('AbdĪŠO' Bab BĒRĪKĀ).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, p. 27. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ebediesu-abdiso-bab-berika.

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  author    = {Pericoli, Ridolfini Saverio},
  title     = {Ebediesu ('AbdĪŠO' Bab BĒRĪKĀ)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ebediesu-abdiso-bab-berika}
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