Aphrahat

Aphrahat, called the Persian Sage, wrote twenty-three Demonstrations in Syriac between 337 and 345 on faith, love, fasting, prayer, penitence, resurrection, the church's leaders and the Jews. He knew no Greek and shows little of the Greek theological debates of his time; his Bible was the Diatessaron in Syriac. He lived under Shapur II's persecution of Christians in Persia.

Dates

fl. ca. 337-345 (approximate)

See or city

Mar Mattai (near Mosul)

Region

Persian Empire

Also known as

Aphraates; Aphraat; the Persian Sage; Jacob of Nisibis (wrongly)

Notes

A Syriac-speaking Christian of the Persian Empire, called 'the Persian Sage', probably a bishop and an ascetic of the 'sons of the covenant'.

Works

• DemonstrationsDemonstrationes · 337-345 · CPG 4205 (not yet checked)