The Syriac writers of Qatar in the seventh century
By: edited by Mario Kozah, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Saif Shaheen Al-Murikhi, Haya Al Thani
Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian studies -- 38; Gorgias Eastern Christianity studies -- 38.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781463203559; 9781463205249
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Christian literature; History and criticism; Syriac literature; Literatur; Schriftsteller; Historia; Early Christian literature; Syrisk litteratur; Fornkristen litteratur
Description: This edited volume presents a number of Syriac monastic and ascetical writers from the seventh century who were born and educated in Beth Qatraye (Syriac for Qatar or Region of the Qataris) of which Isaac of Nineveh of Qatar is considered to be the most influential of all Syriac monastic writers and who continues to exert a strong influence in monastic circles today. Many of the others like Dadisho of Qatar, Gabriel bar Lipeh of Qatar, Abraham bar Lipeh of Qatar, Gabriel Arya of Qatar, and Ahob of Qatar were important Syriac writers on spirituality and commentators or exegetes within the Church of the East tradition. These writers, who all originated from the Qatar region and were educated there, reveal the presence of an important school of education that rivaled in its sophistication the other more well-known schools such as the School of Nisibis or the School of Edessa. The Syriac writers of Qatar themselves produced some of the best and most sophisticated writing to be found in all Syriac literature of the seventh century. The Syriac writers of Qatar have not received the scholarly attention that they deserve in the last half century. This volume seeks to redress this underdevelopment by setting the standard for further research in the sub-field of Beth Qatraye studies. This volume includes papers presented at an international conference held at Qatar University in collaboration with the American University of Beirut entitled "The Syriac Writers of Qatar in the Seventh Century." The conference took place on 26-27 February, 2014. It was the first of its kind in the Gulf Region, and it brought together some of the most prominent scholars in Syriac Studies. The conference was part of a three year research project funded by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) under its National Priorities Research Program (NPRP).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Mario Kozah; title: An archaeological survey of Beth Qatraye / Haya Al Thani; title: Christianity in Arabia : an overview (4th-9th centuries CE) / Suleiman A. Mourad; title: The Quranic word ḥanīf and its explanation in the light of Syriac root / Abdul Rahman Chamseddine; title: The manuscript heritage of Isaac of Nineveh : a survey of Syriac manuscripts / Grigory Kessel; title: Remembrance of God and its relation to scripture in Isaac III : including insights from Islamic and Jewish traditions / Mary Hansbury; title: Two discourses of the "fifth part" of Isaac the Syrian's writings : prolegomena for Apokatastasis? / Sabino Chilà; title: Syriac Biblical interpretation from Qatar : Ahob of Qatar / Bas Ter Harr Romney; title: Gabriel of Beth Qatraye as a witness to Syriac intellectual lige c. 600 CE / Sebastian Brock; title: The future of the past : the reception of Syriac Qaṭraye authors in late medieval Iraq / Thomas A. Carlson; title: Dadisho' Qaṭraya's compendious commentary on the paradise of the Egyptian fathers in Garshuni : a case of manuscript mistaken identity / Mario Kozah; title: Lost and found : Dadisho' Qaṭraya's commentary on the paradise of the fathers as a witness to the works of Theodore of Mopsuetia / David Phillips; title: The books of monks : Ethiopian monasticism via Beth Qatraye / Robert A. Kitchen; title: The influence of christianity among the Arab tribes in the gulf area during the siixth and seventh centuries A.D. / Saif Shaheen Al Murikhi.