| LC control no. | n 88616605 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | John, of Dalyatha, active 8th century |
| Variant(s) | Dalyatha, John of, active 8th century Jean, de Dalyatha, active 8th century Jean, Saba, active 8th century Jean Saba, active 8th century Joannes, a Dilaita, active 8th century Joannes, Daliathensis, active 8th century Joannes, Saba, active 8th century Joannes Saba, active 8th century John bar Dalyāthā, active 8th century John, of Dalyatha, 8th cent. John, Saba, active 8th century John Saba, active 8th century Yoḥannan Saba, active 8th century Ioannes e Daljata, active 8th century John, of Dalyata, active 8th century Saba, the Elder, active 8th century Yōḥanān d-Dālyātā, active 8th century Yuḥanān d-Dālāyāthā, active 8th century Yoḥannan, of Dalyatha, active 8th century |
| Beginning date | 07 |
| Affiliation | Mar Yozadaq Church of the East |
| Profession or occupation | Monks |
| Found in | His La collection des lettres de Jean de Dalyatha, 1978: p. 5, etc. (un certain Saba (ancien), Jean; Jean Saba; editor believes he is the same as Jean de Dalyatha; fl. middle of the 8th cent., northern Mesopotamia; Jean de Dalyatha and Jean Bar Penkâyê seem to be two different authors, with quite differing mentalities) Goshen-Gottstein, M.H. Syriac manuscripts in the Harvard College library, c1979: index (John of Dalyatha; ref. from John Saba) Orientalia christiana periodica, v. 32 (1966): p. 247 (Clemons, J.T. A checklist of Syriac mss. in the U.S. and Can.: no. 146: John of Dalyatha) Parole de l'Orient, v. 3, no 1 (1972): p. 45, etc. (Colless, B.E. The biographies of John Saba: Joannes Saba, Joannes a Dilaita, Joannes Daliathensis; that John Saba and John of Dalyatha are the same is the accepted opinion; his writings sometimes erroneously attrib. to John bar Penkayé (John of Penek); Saba a surname meaning venerable; lived in 8th cent.; Colless discusses whether John of Dalyatha and John ben Penkayé are the same and leaves question open) British Museum. Cat. of Syriac printed books ... 1962 (John bar Dalyāthā, called Sābhā) Syriaca.org (online), viewed on November 17, 2020: John of Dalyatha (sometime between 700 and 800; commonly called Yoḥannan Saba ("Elder"); East Syriac monk; author of a Syriac collection of mystical discourses, letters, and maxims; also called John Saba; monk of the monastery of Mar Yozadaq in Qardu; writings were condemned under the Synod of Timothy I, but they were rehabilitated by Isho bar Nun; Church of the East; variants = Ioannes e Daljata; Jean de Dalyatha; John of Dalyata; Saba the Elder; Yōḥanān d-Dālyātā; Yuḥanān d-Dālāyāthā; Yoḥannan of Dalyatha) <http://syriaca.org/person/826> |
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