Bar Hebraeus

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Bar Hebraeus was a 13th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop, polymath, and historian known for his extensive scholarly works on theology, philosophy, science, and history in the Middle East.

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Bar Hebraeus canonical 1
Gregory Bar Hebraeus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Syriac Christian
Syriac Orthodox bishop
chronicler
historian
philosopher
physician
polymath
theologian
writer
activeInCentury 13th century
birthPlace Anatolia
Malatya
linked to: Malatya Province

Melitene
birthYear 1226
burialPlace Mar Mattai Monastery
near Mosul
deathPlace Ilkhanate
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate

Maragha
linked to: Maragheh
deathYear 1286
education studied medicine
studied philosophy
studied under Muslim and Christian scholars
era Mongol period in the Middle East
fieldOfWork biblical exegesis
canon law
grammar
history
medicine
philosophy
theology
hasAlternativeName Bar ʿEbrāyā
Gregory Bar Hebraeus
linked to: Bar Hebraeus

Ibn al-ʿIbrī
hasBirthName Abu’l-Faraj Gregory
Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī
hasEthnicIdentity Aramean
linked to: Arameans

Syriac
hasLatinName Abulpharagius
influencedBy Aristotle
Avicenna
al-Ghazali
linked to: al‑Ghazali

earlier Syriac theologians
knownFor Christian theology
Syriac literature
grammatical works
historical chronicles
medical writings
philosophical encyclopedias
notableWork Book of the Dove
Chronicon Ecclesiasticum
Chronicon Syriacum
Cream of Science
Ethicon
Hewath Hekhmetha
Menarath Qudhshe
positionHeld Maphrian of the East
Syriac Orthodox metropolitan
bishop of Aleppo
bishop of Gubos
regionOfActivity Ilkhanid Persia
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate

Middle East
Upper Mesopotamia
religion Oriental Orthodoxy
Syriac Orthodox Church
usedCalendar Seleucid era in his chronicles
wroteAbout astronomy
church history
ethics
logic
medicine
mysticism
natural philosophy
universal history
wroteInLanguage Arabic
Classical Syriac
linked to: Syriac

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Bar Hebraeus hasAlternativeName Gregory Bar Hebraeus
linked to: Bar Hebraeus