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<p> <b> [[Joannes]] (509), </b> called <i> of Bêth-Rabbân </i> or <i> Bêthnarsi, </i> disciple and successor in the 6th cent. of [[Jacobus]] the founder of the monastery of Bêth-Haba. Jesujab, bp. of Nineveh, stated that Joannes had been a monk 70 years before his departure from Bêth-Haba; 30 years he had lived as a solitary, 40 with Jacobus as a coenobite. Joannes was for some time in the monastery of Bêth-Rabbân, which was subject to the same abbat as Bêth-Haba. Ebedjesu (ap. Assem. <i> Bibl. Or. </i> | Monk Joannes (509) <ref name="term_14795" /> | ||
==References == | <p> <b> [[Joannes]] (509), </b> called <i> of Bêth-Rabbân </i> or <i> Bêthnarsi, </i> disciple and successor in the 6th cent. of [[Jacobus]] the founder of the monastery of Bêth-Haba. Jesujab, bp. of Nineveh, stated that Joannes had been a monk 70 years before his departure from Bêth-Haba; 30 years he had lived as a solitary, 40 with Jacobus as a coenobite. Joannes was for some time in the monastery of Bêth-Rabbân, which was subject to the same abbat as Bêth-Haba. Ebedjesu (ap. Assem. <i> Bibl. Or. </i> [[Iii.]] i. 72) states that he wrote a commentary on Ex., Lev., Num., Job, Jer., Ezk., and Prov., also certain tracts against Magi, Jews, and heretics. He also wrote prayers for Rogation days, a prayer on the death of [[Chosroes]] [[I.]] (d. 579), and on a plague which befel Nisibis, besides paracletic addresses for each order in the church ( <i> i.e. </i> metrical discourses read in the office of the dead), a book of questions relating to [[O.]] and [[N.]] [[T.,]] psalms, hymns, and chants. One of his hymns is in the Mosul <i> Breviary, </i> p. 61, and in a [[Ms.]] in the Brit. Mus. (Wright, <i> Cat. </i> p. 135). Rosen and Forshall ( <i> Cat. [[Mss.]] </i> xii. 3 n.) mention another hymn of his. Cf. also Lelong, <i> Bibl. Sacr. </i> ii. 794. </p> <p> [[[C.J.B.]]] </p> | ||
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Joannes (509), called of Bêth-Rabbân or Bêthnarsi, disciple and successor in the 6th cent. of Jacobus the founder of the monastery of Bêth-Haba. Jesujab, bp. of Nineveh, stated that Joannes had been a monk 70 years before his departure from Bêth-Haba; 30 years he had lived as a solitary, 40 with Jacobus as a coenobite. Joannes was for some time in the monastery of Bêth-Rabbân, which was subject to the same abbat as Bêth-Haba. Ebedjesu (ap. Assem. Bibl. Or. Iii. i. 72) states that he wrote a commentary on Ex., Lev., Num., Job, Jer., Ezk., and Prov., also certain tracts against Magi, Jews, and heretics. He also wrote prayers for Rogation days, a prayer on the death of Chosroes I. (d. 579), and on a plague which befel Nisibis, besides paracletic addresses for each order in the church ( i.e. metrical discourses read in the office of the dead), a book of questions relating to O. and N. T., psalms, hymns, and chants. One of his hymns is in the Mosul Breviary, p. 61, and in a Ms. in the Brit. Mus. (Wright, Cat. p. 135). Rosen and Forshall ( Cat. Mss. xii. 3 n.) mention another hymn of his. Cf. also Lelong, Bibl. Sacr. ii. 794.
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