Agapios of Hierapolis
Agapios von Hierapolis (Latin Agapius , actually Mahbub ibn Qustantin ) was a Christian-Arab clergyman and scholar living in the 10th century.
Agapios was the son of a certain Constantine. All that is known about his life is that he was a Melkite bishop of Hierapolis in the first half of the 10th century .
Around 942 Agapios wrote a world history ( Kitab al-'Unvan ) in Arabic, which reached from "Creation" to the early 10th century; however, the surviving parts end in the time of Emperor Leon IV (775–780). Various works served as sources, including (indirectly) the church history of Eusebios of Kaisareia and the now lost chronicle of Theophilos of Edessa (which Agapios explicitly names as a source). The work was praised by the Islamic scholar Masudi and used by Michael Syrus .
Editions and translations
- Alexander Vasiliev (ed.): Kitab al-`unvan = Histoire universelle . In: Patrologia Orientalis . Vol. 5. Paris 1910; Vol. 7. Paris 1911; Vol. 8, Paris 1912; Vol. 11. Paris 1915. [Text with French translation]
- Robert G. Hoyland (Ed.): Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle and the Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Late Antiquity and Early Islam. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 2011 ( Translated Texts for Historians 57). [partial English translation]
literature
- Robert G. Hoyland: Seeing Islam as Others Saw It. A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam . Darwin Press, Princeton 1997, pp. 440-442.
- Lucien Malouf: Agapios of Hierapolis . In: New Catholic Encyclopedia . 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Detroit 2003, p. 173.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agapios of Hierapolis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Agapius of Hierapolis; Mahbub ibn Qustantin; Agapios de Manbij; Agapios of Mabbug; Agapius of Menbidj |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Christian-Arab scholar and bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century or 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 10th century |