Gabriel of Qatar

Gabriel of Qatar (early 7th century) was a theologian of the East Syrian "Church of the East" .

Gabriel bar Lipeh left behind an explanation of the worship of his church in Syrian (= East Syrian rite ), in the form in which it was before the liturgical reform of Catholicos Isho'yahb III. (Mid 7th century) was celebrated. The work is so far only from the Codex Brit. Libr. Or. 3336 (13th century) known. In five “Memre” Gabriel deals with the morning and evening offices of the daytime on weekdays and Sundays as well as the celebration of the Eucharist . The liturgy commentary as a whole has not yet been published. The text and translation of individual chapters are accessible:

Fonts

• Sebastian P. Brock: Gabriel of Qatar's Commentary on the Liturgy . In: Sebastian P. Brock (Ed.): Fire from Heaven. Studies in Syriac Theology and Liturgy . No. XVII . Ashgate, Aldershot 2006, ISBN 0-7546-5908-9 (English, Sebastian P. Brock, Gabriel of Qatar's Commentary on the Liturgy. In: Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 6.2 (2003) ).
• Alex CJ Neroth van Vogelpoel: The Commentary of Gabriel of Qatar on the East Syriac Morning Service on Ordinary Days . Gorgias Press, Piscataway NJ 2018, ISBN 978-1-4632-3924-4 .

An abridged version of the commentary is attributed to an Abraham of Qatar .

literature

• SH Jammo: Gabriel Qatraya et son commentaire on the liturgie chaldéenne. In: Orientalia Christiana Periodica. 32, 1966, pp. 39-52.
• Sarhad Jammo : L'Office du soir chaldéen au temps de Gabriel Qatraya. In: L'Orient Syria. 12, 1967, pp. 187-210.
• SH Jammo: La structure de la messe chaldéenne (= Orientalia Christiana Analecta. 207). Pont. Is. Orientale, Rome 1979.
• Sebastian P. Brock: The origins of the qanona 'Holy God, holy Mighty, holy Immortal' according to Gabriel of Qatar (early 7th century). In: The Harp. 21, 2006, pp. 173-185.
• Sebastian P. Brock: Patristic Quotations in Gabriel Qatraya's "Commentary on the Liturgical Offices" . In: Manuscripta Graeca et Orientalia. Mélanges monastiques et patristiques en l'honneur de Paul Gehin (= Orientalia Lovanensia Analecta 7). Peeters, Leuven 2015, 129–150.