Mar Gregory Abu al-Faraj of Melitene, maphrian of the East, known as Bar Hebraeus (d. 1286) – BIOGRAPHIES OF SYRIAN SCHOLARS AND WRITERS – Mor Ignatius Aphram Barsoum – Translated : By Dr. Matti Moosa
Mar Gregory Abu al-Faraj of Melitene, maphrian of the East, known as Bar Hebraeus (d. 1286) Abu al-Faraj, nicknamed “Jamal al-Din,” son of the deacon Taj al-Din Aaron the physician, the son of Tuma (Thomas) of Melitene known as Bar Hebraeus393 is a very famous learned man and one of the great philosophers and theologians of the Orient as well as the world.394 Certainly, he is the most luminous star that ever shown in the firmament of the Syrian nation395 and his encyclopedic knowledge makes him all the more unique and unequalled. He was born at Melitene in 1226 to a noble...
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