prophet

URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/78

The concept of a divinely inspired and sent religious leader

Names

  • Armenian: փէղամբար = pʻēghambar 1
  • Hebrew: נביא = NBYʾ 2
  • Syriac: ܢܒܝܐ = NBYʾ 3

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Step‘anos.1 1476147614761958
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian3 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 496 II: pp. 393-396 [Armenian].
    • p‘ēłambar: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1476 (no. 2) [English].
  • 2Prophet: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 66-69, 74, 75 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 409 [Syriac].
    • prophète: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), II, 404 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “prophet” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/78.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; matching, Armenian collection/transliteration from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts; matching, Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; and matching, Syriac name collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: citation generation from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts
  • Liran Yadgar: Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
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