Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition (Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity)

Jacobs, Bert (EDT)/ Teule, Herman (EDT)/ Verheyden, Joseph (EDT)

Brill（2025/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 264 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004726703

Full Description

Dionysius bar Salībī, a prominent 12th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop and scholar, played a key role in shaping Syriac Christian theology during a period of significant political upheaval in the eastern Mediterranean. His vast intellectual contributions spanned all major ecclesiastical disciplines of his time, including numerous theological works and scriptural commentaries. This volume brings together nine scholarly essays that explore his writings, theological insights, and his active role in both interreligious and intra-Christian debates. By examining his legacy, these studies highlight how Bar Ṣalībī both consolidated and reshaped Syriac traditions to address the challenges of his era. The volume offers a wide range of perspectives on his enduring influence, underlining the significance of his multi-faceted contributions to Syriac Christianity.

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

1 Between Collecting and Composing: Dionysius bar Ṣalībī's Commentary on the Song of Songs

 Marion Pragt

2 Double Citations of the Peshitta and the Syro-Hexapla in Dionysius bar Ṣalībī's Spiritual Commentary on Isaiah 1-12

 Zhan Chen

3 Appraising Bar Ṣalībī's Knowledge of Islam: Insights from a Neglected Response to the Charge of Biblical Falsification

 Bert Jacobs

4 Two Syriac Disputations against the Jews Attributed to Ephrem and John Chrysostom

Rediscovered Sources of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī's Treatise against the Jews

 David G.K. Taylor

5 The Sign of the Cross as a Mark of Christian Faith: Rituals of Practical Orthodoxy in Dionysius bar Ṣalībī

 Catalin-Stefan Popa

6 Dionysius on Dionysius: Bar Ṣalībī's Commentary on Dionysius the Areopagite

 Emiliano Fiori

7 Origenism and the Memory of Evagrius Ponticus during the Syriac Renaissance: Dionysius bar Ṣalībī's Commentary on the Chapters on Knowledge

 Adrian C. Pirtea

8 Animals in the Writings of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: First Soundings

 Jens O. Schmitt

9 The "Star of His Generation": Dionysius bar Ṣalībī and the Later Tradition

 Herman G.B. Teule

Manuscript Index

Index of Persons