Elijah of Nisibis
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Elijah, Eliya, or Elias of Nisibis was a cleric of the Church of the East, who served as bishop of Beth Nuhadra and archbishop of Nisibis. He has been called the most important Christian writer in Ara
The ruins of the medieval St Jacob Cathedral in present-day Nusaybin, Turkey
A 1524 manuscript edition of Elijah's Book of the Interpreter
Metropolitanate of Adiabene was an East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the 5th and 14th centuries, with more than fifteen known suffragan dioceses at different periods
Elijah of Nisibis
…Elijah, Eliya, or Elias of Nisibis (Classical Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ, 11 February 975 – 18 July 1046) was a cleric of the Church of the East, who served as bishop of Beth Nuhadra (1002–1008) and archbishop of Nisibis (1008–1046). He has been called the most important Christian writer in Arabic—or even throughout non-Christian…
The citadel of Erbil, chief town in the East Syriac metropolitan province of Adiabene
The East Syriac monastery of Mar Eliya, Mosul
The Assyrian village of Tel Isqof, Mosul district
The East Syriac monastery of Rabban Hormizd, Alqosh