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Bar Shaba
Barshabba, whose name means "son of the deportation",Jean Maurice Fiey (2004), ''Saints Syriaques'' (Darwin Press), no. 81, pp. 50–51. was the first recorded East Syriac Rite, East Syriac Merv (East Syriac ecclesiastical province), bishop of Merv. He attended the synod of Patriarch Dadishoʿ in 424.David Wilmshurst (2011), ''The Martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East'' (East and West Publishing), p. 40. Barshabba, or at least his name, lies at the root of an elaborate legend about the introduction of Christianity to eastern Iran and central Asia. The surviving versions of the legend of Barshabba are from no earlier than the 7th century. The only complete account of the legend is found in the Arabic ''Chronicle of Seʿert''. An abbreviated Arabic version is in the ''Book of the Tower'' by Mārī ibn Sulaymān. These all derive from a Syriac language, Syriac original. Fragments of a Syriac version and 350 fragments of a Sogdian language, Sogdian translation have been f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Maurice Fiey
Jean Maurice Fiey (30 March 1914 – 10 November 1995) was a French Dominican Father and prominent Church historian and Syriacist. Biography Fiey was born in Armentières on 30 March 1914, he entered the Dominican Order at an early age and received his Licentiate in philosophy and theology from the order's schools in France. Fiey became acquainted with Syriac Christian tradition during his residence in Iraq from 1939 to 1973. He was one of the founders of the Mosul Dominican College in 1944 and functioned as its dean until 1959. After the Baathist takeover in 1968, Fiey was viewed suspiciously by the Iraqi government. He was expelled after being accused of being a spy, other Iraqi scholars including the Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako claim the real reason lay behind his refusal to accommodate government view in his writings. Following his expulsion Fiey resided in Beirut as a lecturer in the Jesuit University. He received his doctorate from the University of Dijon A un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |