Sawma, Abrohom George A. Kiraz Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University The International Balzan Prize Foundation 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 Electronic Edition Version 1.5 Published by Gorgias Press LLC, 954 River Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA www.gorgiaspress.com for Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute Published with the collaboration of Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal Published and hosted with the collaboration of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University

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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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Sawma, Abrohom https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Sawma-Abrohom http://syriaca.org/bibl/483 474 Abrohom Sawma http://syriaca.org/person/720 person Author. (1913–1996) [Syr. Orth.]

He was born in Midyat and joined Taw Mim Simkath in 1919 in Adana where he learned Syriac under Dolabani . He moved with the school to Beirut in 1923 and studied there under Armalah . He lived in Jerusalem in 1928 where he studied at St. Mark’s Monastery , then joined public schools and graduated as an engineer in 1943. In 1948 he left Jerusalem and lived in Brazil.

His Syriac writings include poems, some published in Ḥdoyutho Suryoyto (Buenos Aires, ed. Farīd Nozha), and an 11-volume set titled Ktobo d-marduto d-suryoye (1967–1990). He also wrote Mtumoyuto d-suryoye (São Paulo, 1996) and a play on Abgar V Ukkama in Arabic.

Sources Abūna, Adab, 576. Macuch, Geschichte, 470. Munūfar Barṣūm, Aḍwāʾ, 129–31.
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