Severus Sebokht, the Glossary
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
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.
- 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
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
- Al-Khansa'
- Aredius of Gap
- Heraclius
- Qais Abdur Rashid
- Severus Sebokht
- Wen Yanbo (Tang dynasty)
667 deaths
- Daoxuan
- Gar Tongtsen Yulsung
- Ildefonsus
- Severus Sebokht
- Su Dingfang
7th-century Byzantine bishops
- Anastasius II of Antioch
- Andreas of Caesarea
- Andrew of Crete
- Arkadios II of Cyprus
- Athanasius I Gammolo
- Eusebius of Thessalonica
- John III of the Sedre
- Leontios of Neapolis
- Saint Eumenes
- Severus Sebokht
- Theodore of Sykeon
- Theodorus (archbishop of Ravenna)
- Thomas of Harqel
7th-century Byzantine scientists
- Callinicus of Heliopolis
- Cassianus Bassus
- George of Cyprus
- John of Alexandria
- John of Damascus
- Paul of Aegina
- Rhetorius
- Severus Sebokht
- Stephanus of Alexandria
7th-century Byzantine writers
- Alexander of Tralles
- Andreas of Caesarea
- Cassianus Bassus
- Cresconius Africanus
- Eusebius of Thessalonica
- George of Cyprus
- George of Pisidia
- John Climacus
- John III of the Sedre
- John Moschus
- John of Alexandria
- John of Damascus
- Leontios of Neapolis
- Leontius of Jerusalem
- Macarius I of Antioch
- Maximus the Confessor
- Paul of Aegina
- Rhetorius
- Severus Sebokht
- Sophronius of Jerusalem
- Stephanus of Alexandria
- Theodore Synkellos
- Theophilus Protospatharius
- Thomas of Harqel
7th-century Syriac Orthodox Church bishops
- Athanasius I Gammolo
- Denha I of Tikrit
- Gabriel of Beth Qustan
- George, Bishop of the Arabs
- Jacob of Edessa
- Marutha of Tikrit
- Qamishoʿ
- Samuel of Ctesiphon
- Severus Sebokht
- Theodotus of Amida
- Thomas of Harqel
7th-century astronomers
- Abiyun al-Bitriq
- Anania Shirakatsi
- Eugenius I of Toledo
- Isidore of Seville
- Severus Sebokht
- Sisebut
- Stephanus of Alexandria
7th-century mathematicians
- Abiyun al-Bitriq
- Anania Shirakatsi
- Eugenius I of Toledo
- Isidore of Seville
- Severus Sebokht
- Stephanus of Alexandria
7th-century writers
- Athanasius II Baldoyo
- Denha I of Tikrit
- Elias I of Antioch
- Gabriel Arya
- Jindeok of Silla
- John Maron
- Marutha of Tikrit
- Sahdona
- Severus II bar Masqeh
- Severus Sebokht
- Thomas the Presbyter
- Yanai (Payetan)
Byzantine astronomers
- Ammonius Hermiae
- Gregory Chioniades
- Hypatia
- Isaac Argyros
- John Pediasimos
- John Philoponus
- Leo the Mathematician
- Manuel Bryennios
- Marinus of Neapolis
- Michael Psellos
- Nicephorus Gregoras
- Severus Sebokht
- Stephanus of Alexandria
- Theodore Meliteniotes
- Theon of Alexandria
People from Nusaybin
- Ferhad Ayaz
- Fero47
- Gülser Yıldırım
- Mithat Sancar
- Musa Anter
- Sara Kaya
- Severus Sebokht
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Sebokht
Also known as Severos Sebokht.