The Syriac Writers of Qatar in the Seventh Century

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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, but they 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. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BETH QATRAYE CHRISTIANITY IN ARABIA: AN OVERVIEW (4TH–9TH CENTURIES CE) THE QURANIC WORD ḤANĪF AND ITS EXPLANATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE SYRIAC ROOT THE MANUSCRIPT HERITAGE OF ISAAC OF NINEVEH: A SURVEY OF SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTS REMEMBRANCE OF GOD AND ITS RELATION TO SCRIPTURE IN ISAAC III INCLUDING INSIGHTS FROM ISLAMIC AND JEWISH TRADITIONS TWO DISCOURSES OF THE “FIFTH PART” OF ISAAC THE SYRIAN’S WRITINGS: PROLEGOMENA FOR APOKATASTASIS? SYRIAC BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION FROM QATAR: AHOB OF QATAR GABRIEL OF BETH QATRAYE AS A WITNESS TO SYRIAC INTELLECTUAL LIFE C. 600 CE THE FUTURE OF THE PAST: THE RECEPTION OF SYRIAC QAṬRAYE AUTHORS IN LATE MEDIEVAL IRAQ DADISHOʿ QAṬRAYA’S COMPENDIOUS COMMENTARY ON THE PARADISE OF THE EGYPTIAN FATHERS IN GARSHUNI – A CASE OF MANUSCRIPT MISTAKEN IDENTITY LOST AND FOUND: DADISHOʿ QATRAYA’S COMMENTARY ON THE PARADISE OF THE FATHERS AS A WITNESS TO THE WORKS OF THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA THE BOOK OF MONKS: ETHIOPIAN MONASTICISM VIA BETH QATRAYE THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE ARAB TRIBES IN THE GULF AREA DURING THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES A.D. BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX