Yoḥannan bar Penkaye
Yoḥannan bar Penkaye
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Yoḥannan bar Penkaye (late 7th cent.) [Ch. of E.]
约哈南·巴尔·彭卡耶 (Yoḥannan bar Penkaye)（7 世纪末）[东方教会 (Ch. of E.)]
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Author of a history of the world.
著有世界史一部。
Author of a summary history of the world. Evidently from Penek in Beth Zabdai, he became a monk of the Monastery of Yoḥannan of Kamul, and later, a solitary attached to that of Mar Bassima. His main work is the *Ktābā d-reš melle *‘Book of the main events’, a history of the world in 15 Books, ending up with his own time. A verse treatise on monastic life by him is also preserved, as well as two ‘Centuries’ which evidently belong to a work entitled ‘The (spiritual) Merchant’, mentioned by ʿAbdishoʿ in his ‘Catalogue’ (he also lists some other works which have disappeared). In the ms. tradition he is sometimes confused with Yoḥannan of Dalyatha .
一部世界简史的作者。他显然来自贝特扎巴代 (Beth Zabdai) 的佩内克 (Penek)，成为卡穆尔的约哈南 (Yoḥannan of Kamul) 修道院的修士，后来成为附属于马尔巴西玛 (Mar Bassima) 修道院的独修者。他的主要著作是《主要事件之书》(Ktābā d-reš melle)，这是一部共 15 卷的世界史，叙述至他生活的时代。他的一部关于修道生活的韵文论文也得以保存，还有两卷《百章集》(Centuries)，显然属于一部名为《（灵性）商人》(The (spiritual) Merchant) 的著作，该书由阿卜迪舒 (ʿAbdishoʿ) 在他的《目录》(Catalogue) 中提及（他还列出了一些其他已失传的作品）。在手稿 (ms.) 传统中，他有时与达利亚塔的约哈南 (Yoḥannan of Dalyatha) 相混淆。
References
M. Albert, ‘Une Centurie de Mar Jean bar Penkaye’, in Mélanges A. Guillaumont (Cahiers d’Orientalisme 20; 1988), 143–151. (FT of the first of the two Centuries)
S. P. Brock, in Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 9 (1987), 51–75. (ET of World history, Book 15, repr. in Studies in Syriac Christianity [1992], ch. 2)
A. Mingana, Sources syriaques, vol. I (1907), 1–171. (Syr. text of World history, Books 10–15 with FT of Book 15)
P. Bruns, ‘Von Eva und Adam bis Mohammed. Beobachtungen zur syrischen Chronik des Johannes bar Penkaye’, OC 87 (2003), 47–64.
L. Greisiger, ‘John bar Penkāyē’, in Christian-Muslim relations, ed. Thomas and Roggema, 176–81.
T. Jansma, ‘Projet d’édition du Ktaba d-Resh Melle de Jean bar Penkaye’, OS 8 (1963), 87–106.
H. Kaufhold, ‘Anmerkungen zur Textüberlieferung der Chronik des Iohannes bar Penkaye’, OC 87 (2003), 65–79.
K. Pinggéra, ‘Nestorianische Weltchronistik. Johannes bar Penkaye und Elias von Nisibis’, in Julius Africanus und die christliche Weltchronik, ed. M. Wallraff (TU 157; 2006), 263–83.
G. J. Reinink, ‘Paideia. God’s design in world history according to the East Syrian monk John bar Penkaye’, in The Medieval Chronicle, ed. K. Cooper, vol. 2 (2002), 190–98.
, ‘East Syrian historiography in response to the rise of Islam: the case of John bar Penkaye’s Ktaba d-Resh Melle’, in Redefining Christian Identity, ed. J. J. van Ginkel, H. L. Murre-van den Berg, and T. M. van Lint (OCA 134; 2005), 77–89.
H. Suermann, ‘Das arabische Reich in der Weltgeschichte des Johannan bar Penkaye’, in Nubia et Oriens Christianus, ed. P. O. Scholz and R. Stempiel (1987), 59–71.
Citation
Sebastian P. Brock. 2011. “Yoḥannan bar Penkaye.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Yohannan-bar-Penkaye.