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Book/Printed Material Book of the Conversation of Wisdom, and Other Works.

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Title

  • Book of the Conversation of Wisdom, and Other Works.

Summary

  • The major part of this 18th-century manuscript is taken up by the text of Ktaba da-swad sofia (Book of the conversation of wisdom), a philosophical work by the famous Syriac Orthodox bishop and author, Gregory Bar 'Ebraya (also seen as Bar Hebraeus, 1226--86). Of special interest is the fact that the work was copied here not only in Syriac, but also in Garshuni (Arabic written in Syriac script) in a parallel column on each page. The manuscript contains numerous marginal and interlinear annotations in both Garshuni and Arabic. After the main work by Bar 'Ebraya come (in one column, and only in Syriac) two texts in response to "Nestorians" followed by a series of poems also by Bar 'Ebraya: "On Divine Love," "On the Marvelous Arrangement of the Heavens," and one on Bar 'Ebraya's near contemporary, Maphrian and Patriarch John Bar Madani (died 1263). Following this is a poem on the soul by the same Bar Madani, inspired by certain works of the Muslim polymath Ibn Sīnā, or Avicenna (980--1037), and then a poem by Bar Madani, "On the Excellent Way of the Perfect." The manuscript ends with a heavily rubricated list of patriarchs in Garshuni, and with colophons.

Names

  • Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286 Author.
  • Bar Madani, died 1263 Contributor.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1700 to 1800]

Headings

  • -  Lebanon--Al-Biqāʻ--Baʻlabakk
  • -  1226 to 1263
  • -  Arabic poetry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 106 pages ; 20.5 x 15.25 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Near East School of Theology.
  • -  Content in Arabic and Syriac.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • NEST Library

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667687

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bar Hebraeus, Author, and Died 1263 Contributor Bar Madani. Book of the Conversation of Wisdom, and Other Works. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1800, 1700] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667687/.

APA citation style:

Bar Hebraeus, A. & Bar Madani, D. 1. C. (1700) Book of the Conversation of Wisdom, and Other Works. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1800] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667687/.

MLA citation style:

Bar Hebraeus, Author, and Died 1263 Contributor Bar Madani. Book of the Conversation of Wisdom, and Other Works. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1800, 1700] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667687/>.