Abdisho bar Berika

For other people named Abdisho, see Abdisho (disambiguation).

Abdisho bar Berika or Ebedjesu (Syriac: ܥܒܕܝܝܫܘܥ ܕܨܘܒܐ‎) (d.1318), also known as "Mar Odisho" or "St. Odisho" in English, was an East Syrian writer.^[1]

Abdisho was first bishop of Shiggar (Sinjar) and the province of Bet 'Arbaye (Arbayestan) around 1285 and from before 1291 metropolitan of Nisibis and Armenia. He was the author of the Marganitha, one of the most important ecclesiastical texts of the Assyrian Church of the East.

Works

Catalogue of books.
Paradise of Eden.

References

↑ 'Enbe men karmo suryoyo (bunches of grapes from the Syriac vineyard) Martin Zammit

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 5985460 LCCN: n84228232 GND: 12846576X SUDOC: 087685027 BNF: cb16653597c (data)

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