Elijah of Nisibis

Elijah

Archbishop of Nisibis
Native name
ChurchChurch of the East
ArchdioceseNisibis
ProvinceMetropolitanate of Nisibis
Appointed26 December 1008
Term ended18 July 1046
PredecessorYahballaha
SuccessorAbdisho ibn Al-Aridh ?
Other post(s)Bishop of Beth Nuhadra
Orders
Ordination15 September 994
by Yohannan V
Consecration15 February 1002
by Yohannan V
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Born
Elijah Bar Shinajah

(975-02-11)February 11, 975
DiedJuly 18, 1046(1046-07-18) (aged 71)
Mayyafariqin, Al-Jazira, Abbasid Caliphate
(modern-day Silvan, Diyarbakır, Turkey)
NationalityAssyrian
DenominationNestorianism
OccupationCleric, writer, theologian, historian, linguist, scholar

Elijah,[1] Eliya,[2] or Elias of Nisibis[3] (Classical Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ, 11 February 975 – 18 July 1046) was an Assyrian 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 Asia[4]—during the 11th century.[3] He is best known for his Chronography, which is an important source for the history of Sassanid Persia.

  1. ^ Debié & Taylor (2012), p. 158.
  2. ^ "Proceedings of the Fifty-Seventh Anniversary Meeting of the Society", The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, New Ser., Vol. XII, London: Trübner & Co., 1880, p. xciv.
  3. ^ a b Enc. Isl. (2014).
  4. ^ CMR (2010).