Dionysius bar Salibi

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Dionysios ( Yaqob ) Bar Salibi (* in Melitene ; † November 2, 1171 ) was a Syrian Orthodox theologian and bishop .

Live and act

He was initially a rhetorician and deacon in Melitene . At his episcopal ordination in 1148 he took the name Dionysius . He was bishop of Maras and later also of Mabbug . From 1155 to 1156 he was held captive by Armenians in Maras. In 1166 he became Metropolitan of Amida .

He was a very prolific theological writer whose extensive works have not all been edited. He is considered the most important author of Syrian Renaissance literature. He wrote commentaries on all of the Old and New Testaments . He also wrote works on Gregory of Nazianzen , Gregory of Nyssa , Porphyrios and Aristotle as well as writings on the faith of the Syrian Church , a chronicle and much more. The book on theology, previously thought to be lost, has recently been found again by Gabriel Rabo . He also emerged through tracts against Islam, against the Jews and the Nestorians and Chalcedonians .

literature

  • Julius Aßfalg : D. (Ya'qob) bar Salibi . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages , Volume 3 . Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-7608-8903-4 , Sp 1076.
  • Gabriel Rabo: Dionysius Jacob Bar Ṣalibi's Confession of the Syrian Orthodox Faith ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܬܪܝܨܬ ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܦܘܬ ܡܪܝ ܕܝܘܢܢܘܣܘܝܣ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܨܠܝܒܝ. In: Hekamtho, Syrian Orthodox Theological Journal. Vol. 1, No. 1, Udayagiri / Kerala 2015, pp. 20-39; in: Patriarchal Journal. No. 321-326, Damascus 2013, pp. 22-39.
  • Gabriel Rabo: Dionysius Jakob Bar salibi: The Desiderata in manuscript research on his work. In: Dietmar W. Winkler (Ed.): Syrische Studien: Contributions to the 8th German Syrology Symposium in Salzburg 2014 (= orientalia - patristica - oecumenica. Vol. 10). Lit, Berlin 2016, pp. 119–127.
  • Gabriel Rabo: Dionysius Jakob Bar Ṣalibi. Syriac commentary on Romans. Introduction, edition and translation with a list of the Syrian manuscripts for all of his works. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2019, ISBN 978-3-447-11223-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Dionysius bar Salibi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yaqob Bar Salibi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Metropolitan of Amida, theological writer
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Melitene
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1171