Jacob of Edessa
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Jacob of Edessa or James of Edessa was a Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa, scholar, and translator. Renowned for his multilingual mastery, he made lasting contributions to biblical revision, canon law
A Syriac icon of St. Jacob absorbed in study
Syriac Psalter, 12th–13th century AD
Leaf from a 16th century Syriac prayer book that utilizes Jacob's diacritics
The Syriac Liturgy of Saint James, which Jacob helped develop, remains in use throughout Syriac Orthodox churches today, including this Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
Barhebraeus
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Gregory Barhebraeus or Bar Hebraeus, also known as Abu al-Faraj and in Latin, Abulpharagius, was the maphrian Catholicos of the East of the Catholicate of the East under the Syriac Orthodox Church fro
Jacob of Edessa
…عين دابا; lit. 'Well of the Wolf'), about 50 km west of Aleppo, in the district of Gumah near Antioch. His life is mostly known from the account by Gregory Bar Hebraeus. Jacob received his early education at the Monastery of Aphthonia (Qenneshre, also called Qenneshrin) on the left bank of the Euphrates, where he studied…
Barhebraeus absorbed in study
The Maragha Observatory in Iran
Ecumenical Memorial Plaque at Cologne Cathedral, depicting two clergymen exchanging symbols of unity
Syriac MS 11. (1699) by Barhebraeus, from his Nomocanon or "Book of Directions" (Kthobo d-Hudoye)