Aphraates

Biography

Farhad (Aphraates), known as the Persian Sage, was born into a pagan family under the Sassanid Empire. Converted to Christianity, he adopted the name of James (Jacob) - hence the confusion that sometimes arises between him and James of Nisibia. He opposed the repression of Emperor Valens. An ascetic, he may have been a bishop in the first half of the fourth century. He wrote 23 treatises, letters and homilies in Syriac.

Cf. G. G. Blum, “Afrahaṭ”, Theologische Realenzyklopädie, 1, Berlin 1977, p. 625-635 ; H. Inglebert, « Aphraate, le “sage persan". La première historiographie syriaque », Syria, 78 (2001), p. 179-208.

Works

• Demonstrationes

Browse 1 works

Quotations

• [Vg] Ge 1:1
• [Vg] Ge 1:14
• [Vg] Ge 1:16-18
• [Vg] Ge 1:16
• [Vg] Ge 1:27

Browse 3961 quotations