Dad Of Merv Research Articles

Historische versus allegorische uitleg in de inleiding van Išo‘dad van Mervs commentaar op de Psalmen

Abstract The introduction to the ninth-century commentary on the Psalms by Išo‘dad of Merv contains a chapter on historical versus allegorical explanation. The first half of this chapter is about Origen and the Greek origin of allegorical explanation. The second half shows the inadequacy of allegorical explanation on the basis of Paul’s interpretation of the rock in the desert as Christ (1 Cor. 10:4). This article contains a Dutch translation and an analysis in which the possible sources of Išo‘dad’s text are discussed with special attention to the work of Theodore of Mopsuestia.

‘The planks of the Ark’: Isho‘dad of Merv, John Malalas and the Syriac chronicle tradition

Abstract In the middle of the ninth century, Isho‘dad of Merv, the East Syrian bishop of Haditha wrote extensive commentaries on all of the books of the Old and the New Testament, using a variety of sources, not only exegetical ones. This article offers the first (partial) reconstruction of Isho‘dad’s Syriac chronographic source, on the basis of a comparison of material in his commentaries on the Old Testament with two Syrian Orthodox chronicles (Michael the Syrian and the Anonymous Chronicle of 1234) and one Arabic Melkite chronicle (Agapius of Mabbug). It will be argued that this Syriac chronicle was written between the middle of the sixth century and the middle of the ninth century and was influenced by a variety of sources, most notably the Syriac Chronicle of Andronicus and the Chronicle Epitome of John Malalas.

Isho' Bar Nun's 'Questions and Answers' on the Gospel of St. John and Their Relation to the Commentary of Isho'dad of Merv and Theodore Bar Koni's Scholion

Isho' Bar Nun's 'Questions and Answers' on the Gospel of St. John and Their Relation to the Commentary of Isho'dad of Merv and Theodore Bar Koni's Scholion

REVIEWS

Journal Article REVIEWS Get access The Commentaries of Isho'dad of Merv, edited and translated by MARGARET DUNLOP GIBSON (Horae Semiticae No. xi; Cambridge, at the University Press 1916.) Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar, by THEODORE H. ROBINSON, M.A., B.D. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1915.) R. H. CONNOLLY R. H. CONNOLLY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume os-XVIII, Issue 70-71, January 1917, Pages 252–254, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/os-XVIII.70-71.252 Published: 01 January 1917

THE COMMENTARIES OF ISHO'DAD OF MERV

THE COMMENTARIES OF ISHO'DAD OF MERV Get access The Commentaries of Isho'dad of Merv, edited and translated by MARGARET DUNLOT GIBSON. with an Introductions by JAMES RENDEL HARRIS, Horae Semiticae Nos V-VII. (Cambridge 1911.) R. H. CONNOLLY R. H. CONNOLLY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume os-XIII, Issue 51, April 1912, Pages 463–464, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/os-XIII.51.463 Published: 01 April 1912