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Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition George A. Kiraz Sebastian P. Brock Aaron M. Butts Lucas Van Rompay Ute Possekel Daniel L. Schwartz David A. Michelson Data cleaning, editorial proofreading, and TEI editing by Ute S. Posssekel Data cleaning and initial valid TEI encoding by David Michelson XSLT transformations by Winona Salesky Data cleaning, editorial proofreading, TEI schema, and TEI encoding and editing by Daniel L. Schwartz Conversion to semantic XML by George A. Kiraz Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage Sebastian P. Brock Aaron M. Butts George A. Kiraz Lucas Van Rompay Piscataway, N.J. Gorgias Press for Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute 2011 Copyright ©2011 by Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute ISBN: 978-1-59333-714-8
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Gabriel Qaṭraya https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Gabriel-Qatraya http://syriaca.org/bibl/227 218 http://syriaca.org/person/495 person Author of an important Commentary on the Liturgy. (6th/7th cent.) [Ch. of E.]

Author of an important Commentary on the Liturgy. Several Gabriels from Beth Qaṭraye are known from the 6th/7th cent., but this Gabriel (described as bar Lipeh) is probably not to be equated with any of the others. A  date of writing prior to the liturgical reforms of Ishoʿyahb III is certain, since he mentions that Shubḥalmaran , metropolitan of Karka d-Beth Slokh was still alive. The Commentary is divided into 5 memre, each with a series of questions and answers. These cover: 1. ramšā on weekdays (15 questions); 2. ṣaprā on weekdays (17 questions); 3. ramšā and lelyā on Sundays (5 questions); 4. ṣaprā on Sundays (9 questions); 5. Eucharistic Mysteries (8 questions, the second of which is a commentary on the Eucharistic rite). This important work is preserved in a single ms. (Brit. Libr. Or. 3336) of the 13th cent. (though the ms. has a date, its reading is uncertain); so far only the commentary on the Eucharist has been published and translated. An abbreviated form of at least much of the work is attributed to Abraham bar Lipeh (ed. R. H.  Connolly, in CSCO 71, 76; 1911, 1915). The relationship between Gabriel and Abraham is not clear.

Primary Sources S. P. Brock ‘Gabriel of Qatar’s Commentary on the Liturgy’, <abbr>Hugoye</abbr> 6.2 (2003). (Syr. and ET of 5.2) S. H. Jammo, La structure de la messe chaldéene (OCA 207; 1979), 29–48. (LT) P.  Podipara, in G. Vavanikunnel, Homilies and Interpretation on the Holy Qurbana (1977), 87–104. (ET) Secondary Sources S. P.  Brock, ‘Syriac writers from Beth Qatraye’, ARAM 11/12 (1999/2000), 85–92, esp. 89–92. S. P.  Brock idem , ‘The origins of the qanona ‘Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal’ “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal” according to Gabriel of Qatar’, <abbr>Harp</abbr> 21 (2006), 173–85. S. H.  Jammo, ‘Gabriel Qatraya et son commentaire sur la liturgie chaldéenne’, <abbr>OCP</abbr> 32 (1966), 39–52. S. H.  Jammo idem , ‘L’Office du soir chaldéen au temps de Gabriel Qatraya’, <abbr>OS</abbr> 12 (1967), 187–210. E. J.  Kilmartin, ‘John Chrysostom’s influence on Gabriel Qatraya’s theology of Eucharistic consecration’, Theological Studies 42 (1981), 444–57.
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