Abraham by Beth Rabban

Abraham of Beth Rabban was a theologian, professor, and principal at the Nisibis School . The School of Nisibis was the theological training center of the Assyrian Church of the East at the beginning of the 6th century.

At the age of 15 he wanted to become a monk. He was friends with the Antiochene theologian Narsai of Nisibis . In 510 Abraham became principal of the school. He held this position until 569. As a teacher, he drew many students to the school; at that time, more than 1,000 students are said to have studied at the school in Nisibis. He published a large number of papers.

literature

Arthur Vööbus : History of the School of Nisibis . CSCO 266, Louvain 1965, pp. 134-210
Arthur Vööbus: Mar Abraham de Bet Rabban and his role in the hermeneutic traditions of the School of Nisibis . In: Havard Theological Review . LVIII, Cambridge 1965, pp. 203-214.
Martin Tamcke: ABRAHAM de Beth Rabban. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Abraham by Beth Rabban
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Doctors of the Church
DATE OF BIRTH	before 500
DATE OF DEATH	after 569