The Syriac Writers of Qatar in the Seventh Century

The Syriac Writers of Qatar in the Seventh Century
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE BACKGROUND
	ĪSHŌ\'YAHB III (D. 659)
	Map showing the location of Beth Qaṭraye.
	SYNOD OF DAYRĪN 676 IN BETH QAṬRAYE
	CONCLUSION
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BETH QATRAYE
	CONCLUSION
CHRISTIANITY IN ARABIA: AN OVERVIEW(4TH–9TH CENTURIES CE)
	THE CHRISTIAN SOURCES
	THE ISLAMIC SOURCES
	ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
		A. CHRISTIANITY & CHRISTIANS IN THE HIJAZ
		B. CHRISTIANITY IN NAJRAN
			B1. The Introduction of Christianity to Najran
			B2. The Delegation of Christians from Najran in Medina
	C. CHRISTIANITY IN EASTERN ARABIA AND BETH QATRAYE
		C1. Archaeological evidence for Christianity in Eastern Arabia
		C2. Textual evidence for Christianity in Eastern Arabia
	CONCLUSION
THE QURANIC WORD ḤANĪF AND ITS EXPLANATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE SYRIAC ROOT
	ḤANIF IN THE QUR\'AN
THE MANUSCRIPT HERITAGE OF ISAAC OF NINEVEH: A SURVEY OF SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTS
	THE SECOND PART
	THE THIRD PART
	CONCLUSIONS
	APPENDIX: THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE PARTSI–III OF ISAAC OF NINEVEH
REMEMBRANCE OF GOD AND ITS RELATION TO SCRIPTURE IN ISAAC III INCLUDING INSIGHTS FROM ISLAMIC AND JEWISH TRADITIONS
	“READING SOWS IN THE SOUL CONSTANT RECOLLECTION OF GOD” (IS.I 135)
	MYSTIC ASCENT
	ANGELIC MEDIATION
	ANGELS OF REVELATION
TWO DISCOURSES OF THE “FIFTH PART” OF ISAAC THE SYRIAN’S WRITINGS: PROLEGOMENA FOR APOKATASTASIS?
	1. ISAAC’S LITERARY LEGACY
	2. THE FIFTH PART ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENT SOURCES AND MANUSCRIPTS
	3. STYLE, CONTENTS AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE TWO DISCOURSES
	4. PROLEGOMENA FOR THE AFFIRMATION OF THE FINAL UNIVERSAL SALVATION?
SYRIAC BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION FROM QATAR: AHOB OF QATAR
	INTRODUCTION
	WHO WAS AHOB OF QATAR?
		Ahob’s Works
	EXEGETICAL TRADITION AND GLOSSES IN THE LANGUAGE OF QATAR
	CONCLUSION
GABRIEL OF BETH QATRAYE AS A WITNESS TO SYRIAC INTELLECTUAL LIFE C. 600 CE
	SUMMARY
THE FUTURE OF THE PAST: THE RECEPTION OF SYRIAC QAṬRAYE AUTHORS IN LATE MEDIEVAL IRAQ
	INTRODUCTION
	SHBADNAYA AND HIS POEM
	EDITORIAL METHODOLOGY
	LIST OF WITNESSES
	STEMMA CODICUM
	CONCLUSIONS AND GENERAL REMARKS
DADISHO\' QAṬRAYA’S COMPENDIOUS COMMENTARY ON THE PARADISE OF THE EGYPTIAN FATHERS IN GARSHUNI—A CASE OF MANUSCRIPT MISTAKEN IDENTITY
LOST AND FOUND: DADISHO\' QATRAYA’S COMMENTARY ON THE PARADISE OFTHE FATHERS AS A WITNESS TO THE WORKS OF THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA
	INTRODUCTION
	CONCLUSION
THE BOOK OF MONKS: ETHIOPIAN MONASTICISM VIA BETH QATRAYE
	IN SEARCH OF BETH QATRAYE
	AFTER-LIFE OF DADISHO’S COMMENTARY: THE BOOK OF THE THREE MONKS
	TEXTS AT HMML
	ORAL HISTORY AND MEMORY IN THE COMPILATION OF THE TEXT AND MANUSCRIPT
	EVAGRIUS PONTICUS
	PERFECTION AGAIN
	EUCHARISTIC ENCOUNTERS
	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE ARAB TRIBES IN THE GULF AREA DURING THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES A.D.
	THE HISTORICAL SOURCES
	THE GULF IN THE SASANIAN PERIOD
	THE RISE OF ISLAM
	CHRISTIANITY IN THE GULF
	RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IN THE GULF
	SUMMARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
	BIBLICAL REFERENCES
	ANCIENT SOURCES
	SUBJECTS
	NAMES