Jacob of Edessa (Baradaeus)

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Jacob of Edessa (Baradaeus) was a prominent 7th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop and scholar known for his extensive biblical, liturgical, and grammatical writings that significantly shaped West Syriac Christianity.

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Label Occurrences
Jacob of Edessa (Baradaeus) canonical 3
Jacob of Edessa 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Syriac Christian scholar ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox bishop ⓘ
Syriac grammarian ⓘ
church canonist ⓘ
liturgical writer ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
activeInCentury 7th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jacob of Edessa (Baradaeus) ⓘ
Jacob of Urhoy ⓘ
Yaʿqub d-Urhoy ⓘ
birthPlace Edessa ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
Urhoy ⓘ
linked to: Urhay
church Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch ⓘ
citizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathPlace Monastery of Tell ʿAdda (near Edessa) ⓘ
educatedAt Alexandria ⓘ
monastic schools of the Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
ethnicGroup Syriac ⓘ
fieldOfWork Syriac grammar ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
biblical translation ⓘ
canon law ⓘ
liturgy ⓘ
influenced Syriac grammatical tradition ⓘ
later Syriac biblical exegesis ⓘ
later West Syriac liturgical tradition ⓘ
language Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac

Greek ⓘ
memberOf Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
West Syriac tradition ⓘ
movement West Syriac Christianity ⓘ
notableWork Canons and ecclesiastical rules ⓘ
Liturgical commentaries ⓘ
Scholia on the New Testament ⓘ
Scholia on the Old Testament ⓘ
Syriac grammatical treatises ⓘ
Syriac translation and revision of the New Testament ⓘ
Syriac translation and revision of the Old Testament ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
canon lawyer ⓘ
exegete ⓘ
monk ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Edessa ⓘ
religion Miaphysite Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Miaphysitism

Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
tradition West Syriac rite ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Jacob Baradaeus → name → Jacob of Edessa (Baradaeus) ⓘ
Syriac medical tradition → keyFigure → Jacob of Edessa ⓘ
linked to: Jacob of Edessa (Baradaeus)
Yaʿqub Burdʿoyo → alsoKnownAs → Jacob of Edessa (Baradaeus) ⓘ
Jacob of Edessa → alsoKnownAs → Jacob of Edessa (Baradaeus) ⓘ
subject linked to: Jacob of Edessa (Baradaeus)