RT Article
T1 Julian Saba, 'Father of the Monks' of Syria
JF Journal of early Christian studies
VO 2
IS 2
SP 185
OP 216
A1 Griffith, Sidney Harrison 1938-
LA English
YR 1994
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1789902177
AB Julian Saba (d. 367) is the earliest person in the Syriac-speaking community whose name we know, who dedicated himself to the eremitical life. His story has been preserved for us in Theodoret's History of the Monks of Syria, in a collection of Syriac poems attributed to Ephraem (306-373), and in a Syriac memra attributed to Jacob of Serug (ca. 450-ca. 520). Based on these sources, the present article gives an account of Julian's fame in Syria, and explores the significance of his accomplishments for the history of monasticism in the Syriac-speaking regions of the Early Christian world.
DO 10.1353/earl.0.0135