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Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345; Syriac: ܐܦܪܗܛ, Ap̄rahaṭ,Persian: فرهاد, Arabic: أفراهاط الحكيم, Ancient Greek: Ἀφραάτης, and Latin Aphraates), venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three ...
Aphrahat, Aphraat, Aphraates or Afrates ( Greek: Aφραάτης i; Persian: فرهاد; and Classical Syriac: ܐܦܪܗܛ) was a fourth-century Persian -born hermit who was active in Mesopotamia and Syria during the reign of Emperor Valens ( r. 365–378) and perhaps Theodosius ( r. 378–395 ).
Jul 2, 2011 · I can’t find the post, but a month or two back I decided that I really ought to try to get hold of the complete English translation of the classic Syriac author Aphrahat. He wrote 26 sermons, and a selection was included in the Ante-Nicene Fathers series so is online.
Aphrahat (Greek: Ἀφραάτης; Latin: Aphraates) (c. 270 – c. 345 C.E.) was an Assyrian author of the fourth century from Persia, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice.
Jul 2, 2023 · The Syriac Father of the Church, Aphrahat (Syriac, Frahat in the Persian Sassanian Empire of his time, Farhad in modern Persian, Aphraates in Latin) was born c.270AD in Assyria and died c.345AD in. Adiabene. He wrote in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus and his Apostles.1
Aphrahat (Latin Aphraates, Syriac ܐܦܪܗܛ) was a fourth century Syriac writer, also known as the "Persian sage." Together with Ephrem, he is one of the two major early Syriac writers.
The writings of Aphraates consist of twenty-three "Demonstrations", or homilies on moral and controversial topics. The first twenty-two are alphabetical, each beginning with one of the Syriac letters in alphabetic order, and may be divided into two groups according to the time of their composition.
