| LC control no. | no2020071720 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Yoḥanān bar Penkāye, 660-773 |
| Variant(s) | Yoḥannan bar Penkaye, 660-773 John bar Penkaye, 660-773 John bar Phankaye, 660-773 Jôhannàn b Penkàjē, 660-773 |
| Biography/History note | Yoḥanān bar Penkāye (660-773) was an historian famous for writing a summary history of the world and a verse treatise on monastic life. Born in the village of Penek in Beth Zabdai, he was a monk at Mar Yoḥannan of Kamul and later a solitary associated with the monastery of Mar Bassima. |
| Birth date | 0660 |
| Death date | 0773 |
| Field of activity | History |
| Affiliation | Church of the East Mar Yoḥannan of Kamul Mar Bassima |
| Profession or occupation | Historians Poets Monks |
| Special note | Data contributed by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| Found in | CFMM 00422 (online via vHMML), viewed on June 5, 2020: p. 77 (Yoḥanān bar Penkāye, transliterated from Syriac manuscript) <https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/502711> Gorgias encyclopedic dictionary of the Syriac heritage (online), viewed on June 5, 2020: Yoḥannan bar Penkaye (late 7th century, Church of the East; wrote a summary history of the world and a verse treatise on monastic life; from Penek in Beth Zabdai, he became a monk of the Monastery of Yoḥannan of Kamul; later, a solitary attached to the monastery of Mar Bassima) <https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Yohannan-bar-Penkaye> Wikipedia (online), viewed on June 5, 2020 (John bar Penkaye) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_bar_Penkaye> Scattered pearls (online via Archive.org), viewed on June 5, 2020: p. 140 (John Bar Phankaye) <https://archive.org/details/EphremBarsoumMattiMoosaTheScatteredPearlsAHistoryOfSyriacLiteratureAndSciences/page/n175/mode/2up> Baumstark: p. 210-211 (Jôhannàn b Penkàjē; named after his home, the village Penek(h) in Bet(h) Zab(h)dai) Syriac biographical dictionary (online via Syriaca), viewed on June 8, 2020: Yoḥannan bar Penkaye (author of a summary history of the world; "John Bar Penkaye was a monk of the convent of John of Kamul, southwest of Mount Gudi. He spent time with superior Sawrisho, whom he had healed from leprosy"; born 660, died 733) <http://syriaca.org/person/821> |
| Associated language | syr |
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