Sebastian Brock

Sebastian P. Brock
FBA
Born1938
London
NationalityBritish
Other namesSebastian Paul Brock
OccupationSyriacist
SpouseHelen Hughes-Brock
Academic background
EducationEton College
Trinity College, Cambridge
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineSyriac studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Main interestsClassical Syriac

Sebastian Paul Brock FBA (born 1938, London) is a British scholar, university professor, and specialist in the field of academic studies of Classical Syriac language and Classical Syriac literature. His research also encompasses various aspects of cultural history of Syriac Christianity. He is generally acknowledged as one of the foremost academics in the field of Syriac studies, and one of the most prominent scholars in the wider field of Aramaic studies.[1][2]

  1. ^ Abouzayd 1993, p. 2: "The Syriac heritage owes much to Sebastian Brock and, as in the old adage "all roads lead to Rome", all aspects of Syriac studies lead one way or another to Sebastian Brock ... His voluminous work on Syriac, and related fields, is unique in our modern times."
  2. ^ Kiraz 2004, p. 5-8.