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Severus Sebokht (ܣܘܪܘܣ ܣܝܒܘܟܬ), also Seboukt of Nisibis, was a Syriac scholar and bishop who was born in Nisibis, Syria in 575 and died in 667.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 15 relations: Aristotle, Astrolabe, Church of the East, Euphrates, History of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, Jacob of Edessa, Nusaybin, Paul the Persian, Qenneshre, Roman Syria, School of Nisibis, Syllogism, Syriac Christianity, Syriac language, Syriac Orthodox Church.

  2. 575 births
  3. 667 deaths
  4. 7th-century Byzantine bishops
  5. 7th-century Byzantine scientists
  6. 7th-century Byzantine writers
  7. 7th-century Syriac Orthodox Church bishops
  8. 7th-century astronomers
  9. 7th-century mathematicians
  10. 7th-century writers
  11. Byzantine astronomers
  12. People from Nusaybin

Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.

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Astrolabe

An astrolabe (ἀστρολάβος,; ٱلأَسْطُرلاب; ستاره‌یاب) is an astronomical instrument dating to ancient times.

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Church of the East

The Church of the East (''ʿĒḏtā d-Maḏenḥā''.) or the East Syriac Church, also called the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the Persian Church, the Assyrian Church, the Babylonian Church or the Nestorian Church, is one of three major branches of Nicene Eastern Christianity that arose from the Christological controversies of the 5th and 6th centuries, alongside the Miaphisite churches (which came to be known as the Oriental Orthodox Churches) and the Chalcedonian Church (whose Eastern branch would later become the Eastern Orthodox Church).

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Euphrates

The Euphrates (see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.

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History of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system

The Hindu–Arabic numeral system is a decimal place-value numeral system that uses a zero glyph as in "205".

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Jacob of Edessa

Jacob of Edessa (or James of Edessa) (Yaʿqub Urhoyo) (c. 640 – 5 June 708) was Bishop of Edessa and prominent Syriac Christian writer in Classical Syriac language, also known as one of earliest Syriac grammarians. Severus Sebokht and Jacob of Edessa are 7th-century Syriac Orthodox Church bishops and Syriac writers.

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Nusaybin

Nusaybin is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey.

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Paul the Persian

Paul the Persian or Paulus Persa was a 6th-century East Syriac theologian and philosopher who worked at the court of the Sassanid king Khosrau I. He wrote several treatises and commentaries on Aristotle, which had some influence on medieval Islamic philosophy.

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Qenneshre

Qenneshre (also Qēnneshrē or Qennešre, Syriac for "eagle's nest"; Arabic Qinnisrī) was a large West Syriac monastery between the 6th and 13th centuries. Severus Sebokht and Qenneshre are Syriac writers.

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Roman Syria

Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of King of Armenia Tigranes the Great, who had become the protector of the Hellenistic kingdom of Syria.

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School of Nisibis

The School of Nisibis (ܐܣܟܘܠܐ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ, for a time absorbed into the School of Edessa) was an educational establishment in Nisibis (now Nusaybin, Turkey).

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Syllogism

A syllogism (συλλογισμός, syllogismos, 'conclusion, inference') is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true.

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Syriac Christianity

Syriac Christianity (ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ / Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto or Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā) is a branch of Eastern Christianity of which formative theological writings and traditional liturgies are expressed in the Classical Syriac language, a variation of the old Aramaic language.

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Syriac language

The Syriac language (Leššānā Suryāyā), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (Urhāyā), the Mesopotamian language (Nahrāyā) and Aramaic (Aramāyā), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer to the dialect's literary usage and standardization, distinguishing it from other Aramaic dialects also known as 'Syriac' or 'Syrian'.

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Syriac Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church (ʿIdto Sūryoyto Trīṣath Shubḥo); also known as West Syriac Church or West Syrian Church, officially known as the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and informally as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church of Antioch.

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See also

575 births

667 deaths

7th-century Byzantine bishops

7th-century Byzantine scientists

7th-century Byzantine writers

7th-century Syriac Orthodox Church bishops

7th-century astronomers

7th-century mathematicians

7th-century writers

Byzantine astronomers

People from Nusaybin

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Sebokht

Also known as Severos Sebokht.