Letter to the catholicus Denha

Title(s):
  • Letter to the catholicus Denha
  • ܦܘܢܝ ܐܓܪܬܐ ܕܫܕܪ ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ ܕܢܣܛܘܪ̈ܝܢܘ ܠܘܬ ܡܪܝ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܡܦܪܝܢܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܗܘܼ ܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐ
    (pūnāy ’egartā d-šadar mār denḥā qatūlīqā d-nesṭūrīnaw lwāt mār grīgūryūs mafryānā d-madnḥā d-hū bar ‘ebrāyā, Reply to the Letter that Denha, Catholicos of the Nestorians, sent to Gregory maphrian of the East that is Bar ‘Ebroyo)
Author:
Period covered:
Apostle Thomas (1st c.)-the catholicus Joseph (552–567)
Language:
Syriac
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Letter
Remarks:
The letter, in heptasyllabic metre, addressed to the catholicus Denha (1265-1280/1281), includes a history of the see of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, ultimately derived from Bar Ebroyo’s Ecclesiastical history.
Edition - Translation:
  • J.-B. Chabot (1898) 'Une lettre de Bar Hébréus au catholicos Denḥa Ier, publiée et traduite'. Journal asiatique 9.11: 75-128.
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Bibliography:
  • F. Jullien (2008) 'Une question de controverse religieuse: La Lettre au catholicos nestorien Mār Denha I'. Parole de l'Orient 33: 95-113.