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Priest, author, and poet. Based on ms. colophons and an extant correspondence
with Patr.
mimre entitled ‘On
Repentance’, ‘On Spiritual Life’, and ‘On the Afflictions of Exile’ (ed.
with ET Butts). In addition to mimre, he wrote a sedro on resurrection and a number of liturgical
poems. Despite his prolific literary activity, most of the works by Dawid
remain unedited.