Yoḥannan Azraq
Yoḥannan Azraq
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Yoḥannan Azraq (late 7th and early 8th cent.) [Ch. of E.]
约哈南·阿兹拉克 (Yoḥannan Azraq)（7 世纪末至 8 世纪初）[东方教会 (Ch. of E.)]
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Bp. of Ḥirta (al-Ḥīra), author.
希拉 (Ḥirta/al-Ḥīra) 主教 (bp.)，作者。
Bp. of Ḥirta (al-Ḥīra), author. Yoḥannan’s name is connected with the rescue of the virgins, which he was able to achieve through prayer, after Caliph ʿAbd al-Malik had demanded from the Christian inhabitants of Ḥirta their virgin daughters. This led to an annual commemoration (‘Fast of the virgins’) and prayers authored by Yoḥannan, included in the E.-Syr. Ḥudra (e.g., ms. Cambridge, Univ. Libr. Add. 1981; see W. Wright and S. A. Cook, A catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts, vol. 1, 169–70). One other work survives, viz. a collection of riddles, which is partly of biblical content (OT and NT), but contributes little to the study of biblical interpretation (cf. C. Van den Eynde, Commentaire d’Išoʿdad de Merv sur l’Ancien Testament, vol. 2 [CSCO 179; 1958], XIX, n. 1).
希拉 (Ḥirta/al-Ḥīra) 主教 (bp.)，作家。约哈南 (Yoḥannan) 的名字与拯救童女的事迹相关联，这是在哈里发阿卜杜勒 - 马利克 (Caliph ʿAbd al-Malik) 向希拉 (Ḥirta) 的基督徒居民索要他们的童女之后，他通过祈祷得以实现的。这促成了一项年度纪念活动（‘童女斋’）以及由约哈南 (Yoḥannan) 创作的祈祷文，收录于东方叙利亚教会 (E.-Syr.) 《循环经》(Ḥudra) 中 (e.g., ms. Cambridge, Univ. Libr. Add. 1981; see W. Wright and S. A. Cook, A catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts, vol. 1, 169–70)。另一部幸存的作品是一部谜语集，部分内容涉及圣经（旧约 (OT) 和新约 (NT)），但对圣经诠释研究贡献甚微 (cf. C. Van den Eynde, Commentaire d’Išoʿdad de Merv sur l’Ancien Testament, vol. 2 [CSCO 179; 1958], XIX, n. 1)。
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Fiey, Assyrie chrétienne, vol. 3 (1968), 205 (‘Jean le Bleu’) and 122–23.
G. Furlani, ‘Gli indovinelli di Giovanni Azraq’, in Rendiconti della Reale Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze morali, storiche e filologiche, ser. 5.32 (1923), 37–50. (Syr. and IT)
Citation
Lucas Van Rompay. 2011. “Yoḥannan Azraq.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Yohannan-Azraq.