Title: Five Doctrinal Works

Description

• This 17th-century manuscript is a collection of five doctrinal works translated into Arabic from Greek. Three of the works are by John of Damascus (died circa 750): On the Orthodox Faith, Dialectics, and Against the Heretics. John of Damascus was often read in both Greek and Arabic (he himself was bilingual, although he wrote only in Greek). The other two texts are by the monk, Paul of Antioch, Bishop of Sidon in the 13th century. They are a letter entitled That the Creator is One and that Christians are not Polytheists (Mushrikīn), and An Outline of the Christian Faith, both of which were addressed to a Muslim reader.

Author

• John, of Damascus, Saint, 670-756
• Paul, of Antioch, 12th-13th century

Translator

• Antonios, of the Monastery of Saint Simeon of the Black Mountain, late 10th century

Language

• Arabic

Place

• Middle East and North Africa > Syrian Arab Republic

Time

• 500 CE - 1499 CE

Topic

• Religion > Christianity & Christian theology

Additional Subjects

• Theology, Doctrinal

Type of Item

• Manuscripts

Physical Description

• 187 folios, 28.2 x 19 centimeters

Collection

• Paul Sbath Collection

Institution

• Greek-Catholic Diocese of Aleppo