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Julian Saba, 'Father of the Monks' of Syria
- Journal of Early Christian Studies
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 2, Number 2, Summer 1994
- pp. 185-216
- 10.1353/earl.0.0135
- Article
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Abstract
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.
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