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Jacob of Edessa
c. 640 – 708 · b. Antioch region · Bishop of Edessa
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Quick facts
- Born
- c. 640, Antioch region
- Died
- 708, Tell ʿAda
- See
- Edessa
- Region
- syria
- Era
- post nicene
- Significance
- Notable(2/4)
Highlights
- Main contribution
- Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa, scholar, grammarian, translator, and chronicler.
- Primary source
- Jacob of Edessa, Chronicle
Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa, scholar, grammarian, translator, and chronicler. Revised the Syriac Old Testament and wrote a continuation of Eusebius' Chronicle. Major figure of the Syriac renaissance.
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Sources for biography
- Jacob of Edessa, Chronicle primary
- Jacob of Edessa, Hexaemeron primary
- Jacob of Edessa, Letters primary
tradition connections(1)
- cited Jacob of SerughJacob of Edessa works within the Syriac Orthodox literary tradition shaped by Jacob of Serugh; explicit citations are scattered.Jacob of Edessa, Letters
External resources
📖WikipediaFull encyclopedic biography with footnotes and further reading.🔗WikidataStructured data hub linking to library catalogues, archives, and academic sources worldwide.🏛️WikisourcePublic-domain primary texts and translations (search).⛪Catholic Encyclopedia1913 reference — long entries, useful for less-known figures (search for Jacob of Edessa).