Bar Hebraeus (Ibn Al-‘Ibri)

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BAR HEBRAEUS (Ibn al-‘Ibri) An Orthodox Syrian, born at Malatiyyah in 1226. His full name was Abu al-Faraj Jamal al-Din ibn Taj al-Din Harun ibn Tuma al-Malati. He came from a family of Christian (not Jewish, as has sometimes been maintained) origin. He studied medicine and philosophy with his father, and then emigrated to Antioch …

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Antinoopolis (Arabic, Ansina)

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ANTINOOPOLIS (Arabic, Ansina) Literary and Archaeological Sources In the fourth and fifth centuries the town of Antinoopolis flourished, for it was the capital of the province of the Thebaid as far as Aswan. The nuns were numerous, and the hermits and monks lived in the vicinity. This we learn from contemporary documents: the texts relating …

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Graffin, René

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GRAFFIN, RENÉ (1858-1941) A French prelate and Orientalist. He was born at Pontvallain, Sarthe. He gave a decisive impetus to the study and editing of Eastern Christian languages and literatures. He studied at the French Seminary in Rome and then completed this work at Innsbruck. In charge of Syriac studies at the Institut catholique in …

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Patrologia Orientalis

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PATROLOGIA ORIENTALIS Beginning in 1886, Rene Graffin (1858-1941), professor at the Institut catholique in Paris, conceived the idea of adjoining to the Patrologia Latina and the Patrologia Graeca of J. P. Migne a collection comprising the texts of the Eastern church fathers, which were to be printed in their original languages with a translation on …

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Patrologia Orientalis

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Patrologia Syriaca