John of Dalyatha - ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ

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Commonly known as Yoḥannan Saba (‘Elder’). An E.-Syr. monk, author of a Syriac collection of mystical discourses, letters, and maxims (‘chapters of knowledge’).1

Names

  • ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ5, 6
  • John of Dalyatha
  • ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕ̈ܠܝܬܐ8
  • ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝ̈ܬܗ4
  • ܝܘܽܚܰܢܢ ܕܕܰܠܝܳ̈ܬܶܗ4
  • ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܕܕܵܠܝܵܬܹ̈ܗ5
  • يوحنا الدلياثي3
  • Ioannes e Daljata17
  • Jean de Dalyatha8
  • JEAN DE DALYĀṮA9
  • John Saba7
  • John of Dalyata
  • John of Dalyatha
  • Saba the Elder
  • Yōḥanān d-Dālyāṯā8
  • Yuḥanān d-Dālāyāthā
  • John Dalyatha2
  • John of Dalyatha7
  • Yoḥannan of Dalyatha1

Floruit

8th cent.

Event

The saint is venerated on (None from BHO). 9

Notes

Status: draft  Is this record complete?

Works Cited

Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

  • 1 B. Colless, "Yoḥannan of Dalyatha." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 441-442.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 140.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987)., p: 124.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 145.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924)., p: 72.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6
  • 7 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: John of Dalyatha, John Saba.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca., entry: 882, 1791.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 9 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 242.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 10 Īšō‘dnāḥ de al-Baṣra, Le livre de la chasteté (Rome, 1896)., entry: n° 126.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 11 Ignatius Ephraem Rahmani, Studia Syriaca, seu collectio documentorum hactenus ineditorum ex codicibus Syriacis (Monte Libano: Typis Patriarchalibus in Seminario Scharfensi, 1904-1909), vol: I, p: 33-34.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 12 Paul Peeters, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis, Subsidia Hagiographica 10 (Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1910), entry: 510.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 13 Robert Beulay, "Précisions touchant l’identité et la biographie de Jean Saba de Dalyatha." Parole de l’Orient vol. 8 (1977-1978)., p: 87-116.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 14 Robert Beulay, L’enseignement spirituel de Jean de Dalyatha, mystique syro-oriental du VIII<sup>e</sup> siècle, Théologie historique 83 (Paris: Beauchesne, 1990)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 15 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: I, p: 1122-23.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 16 Anton Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, mit Ausschluss der christlich-palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1922)., p: 225-226.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 17 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965)., section: 106.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 18 J.S. Assemani, De scriptoribus Syris orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719)., p: 433-44.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 19 J.-B. Chabot, Littérature syriaque, Bibliothèque catholique des sciences religieuses (Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), p: 106.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 20 William Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: A. and C. Black, 1894)., p: 109-10.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 21 Sebastian P. Brock, A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature, Mōrān ’Eth’ō 9 (Baker Hill, Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1997), p: 51-52.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John of Dalyatha — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/826.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John of Dalyatha — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/826.

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Entry Title: John of Dalyatha — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ

Additional Credit:

  • Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
  • German data entry by Samer Khader
  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Editing, document design, data architecture, encoding, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
  • Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts, addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH, matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, data merging, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
  • GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
  • Editing, Syriac name entry, Arabic name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
  • Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
  • Editorial oversight for GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry, and proofreading by Christopher Johnson
  • GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry and proofreading by the Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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