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Ishoʿ of Merv

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in composing his own Syriac–Arabic glossary in the second half of the 9th century. According to the preface to Ishoʿ bar ʿAli's glossary, the work of Ishoʿ of Merv was poorly organized and differed at points from the glossary of
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in the 10th century. Ḥasan, however, also cites Ishoʿ explicitly, so the proposed identification has not been widely accepted. The 14th-century catalogue of Syriac authors by
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The identification of Ishoʿ of Merv with the physician al-Marwazī who lived about 567 is highly unlikely. His identification with the physician and logician
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mentions only one lexicographer named Maruzaya (i.e., from Merv) and it is not clear if this is Ishoʿ or Zekarya or if they are one and the same.
245: 203: 63: 77: 66:. David Taylor sees Ishoʿ of Merv as augmenting the work of Ḥunayn, and Ishoʿ bar ʿAli in turn as augmenting him. 230: 207: 250: 84: 73: 58: 165: 43: 54: 169: 27: 17: 224: 191: 46: 194:. In Sebastian P. Brock; Aaron M. Butts; George A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). 69: 181:
Butts, Aaron M. (2019). "The Classical Syriac Language". In Daniel King (ed.).
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Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition
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Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition
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identified Ishoʿ with the lexicographer Zekarya of Merv cited by
50: 102: 100: 236:9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate 8: 87:, who lived in the 9th century is possible. 49:of the 9th century AD. He was a native of 96: 142: 130: 118: 106: 7: 209:A Short History of Syriac Literature 241:Nestorians in the Abbasid Caliphate 14: 185:. Routledge. pp. 222–242. 1: 190:Taylor, David G. K. (2018) . 172:; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). 267: 246:Church of the East writers 15: 215:. Adam and Charles Black. 160:Butts, Aaron M. (2018) . 16:Not to be confused with 192:"Syriac Lexicography" 85:Abū Yaḥyā al-Marwazī 78:ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha 168:; Aaron M. Butts; 166:Sebastian P. Brock 198:. Gorgias Press . 176:. Gorgias Press . 55:Abbasid Caliphate 258: 231:People from Merv 216: 214: 199: 186: 183:The Syriac World 177: 146: 140: 134: 128: 122: 116: 110: 104: 74:Ḥasan bar Bahlul 64:Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq 266: 265: 261: 260: 259: 257: 256: 255: 221: 220: 219: 212: 204:Wright, William 202: 189: 180: 170:George A. Kiraz 162:"Ishoʿ of Merv" 159: 155: 150: 149: 141: 137: 129: 125: 117: 113: 105: 98: 93: 40:ʿĪsā al-Marwazī 21: 18:Ishodad of Merv 12: 11: 5: 264: 262: 254: 253: 251:Syriac writers 248: 243: 238: 233: 223: 222: 218: 217: 200: 187: 178: 156: 154: 151: 148: 147: 145:, p. 215. 135: 123: 121:, p. 236. 111: 95: 94: 92: 89: 59:Ishoʿ bar ʿAli 32:Ishoʿ Maruzaya 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 263: 252: 249: 247: 244: 242: 239: 237: 234: 232: 229: 228: 226: 211: 210: 205: 201: 197: 193: 188: 184: 179: 175: 171: 167: 163: 158: 157: 152: 144: 143:Wright (1894) 139: 136: 132: 131:Taylor (2018) 127: 124: 120: 115: 112: 108: 103: 101: 97: 90: 88: 86: 81: 79: 75: 71: 67: 65: 60: 56: 52: 48: 47:lexicographer 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 24:Ishoʿ of Merv 19: 208: 195: 182: 173: 153:Bibliography 138: 126: 119:Butts (2019) 114: 107:Butts (2018) 82: 70:Rubens Duval 68: 39: 31: 23: 22: 44:East Syrian 225:Categories 42:) was an 206:(1894). 53:in the 36:Arabic 28:Syriac 213:(PDF) 164:. In 91:Notes 51:Merv 227:: 99:^ 38:: 34:, 30:: 133:. 109:. 26:( 20:.

Index

Ishodad of Merv
Syriac
Arabic
East Syrian
lexicographer
Merv
Abbasid Caliphate
Ishoʿ bar ʿAli
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq
Rubens Duval
Ḥasan bar Bahlul
ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha
Abū Yaḥyā al-Marwazī


Butts (2018)
Butts (2019)
Taylor (2018)
Wright (1894)
"Ishoʿ of Merv"
Sebastian P. Brock
George A. Kiraz
"Syriac Lexicography"
Wright, William
A Short History of Syriac Literature
Categories
People from Merv
9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate
Nestorians in the Abbasid Caliphate
Church of the East writers

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