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Jacob of Edessa

c. 640 – 708 · b. Antioch region · Bishop of Edessa
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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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  • Jacob of Edessa, Chronicle primary
  • Jacob of Edessa, Hexaemeron primary
  • Jacob of Edessa, Letters primary

tradition connections(1)

  • cited Jacob of Serugh
    Jacob of Edessa works within the Syriac Orthodox literary tradition shaped by Jacob of Serugh; explicit citations are scattered.
    Jacob of Edessa, Letters

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