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Aphrahat, being a Persian subject, cannot have lived at Nisibis, which became Persian only by Emperor Jovian's treaty of 363. [ 2 ] Furthermore, Jacob of Nisibis, who attended the First Council of Nicaea , died in 338, and from the internal evidence of Aphrahat's works he must have witnessed the beginning of the persecution of Christians in the ...
Aphrahat, being a Persian subject, cannot have lived at Nisibis, which became Persian only by Jovian's treaty of 363.
Ephrem the Syrian[a] (/ ˈiːfrəm, ˈɛfrəm /; c. 306 – 373), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint Ephraim (/ ˈiːfriəm /), Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis, was a prominent Christian theologian and writer who is revered as one of the most notable hymnographers of Eastern Christianity.
Mar 28, 2008 · Aphrahat ‘the Persian Sage’ was also known at an early date under the name of Jacob, which soon led to confusion with Jacob, bishop of Nisibis, who died in 338. Aphrahat, however, was definitely writing within the Sasanian Empire, and furthermore his works are exactly dated, for Demonstrations 1–10 are given the date 337, while 11–22 ...
- Sebastian Brock
- 2004
Aphrahat seems destined to remain just a name to us, but Ephrem’s life and work can be studied as united elements of a single whole with a specific location in time and space.
May 24, 2011 · His identity was unclear to later writers, and in the earliest manuscripts his name is given as 'Jacob' rather than 'Aphrahat'. This in turn gave rise to him being identified with Jacob, bishop of Nisibis; an impossible identification, since Jacob died in 338 AD.
Mar 4, 2020 · Since the river in Ephrem’s Nisibis, the Mygdonius, ran into the Euphrates downstream from the city, I can imagine Josephus thinking of it as a branch of the Euphrates.
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