Abdishu b. Bahriz

عبد يشوع بن بهرير

Metropolitan of Harran then Mosul; translated much logic and philosophy 1.

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Abd Yeshu ibn Bahrir, also called Habib ibn Bahrir, was metropolitan of Harran and then metropolitan of Mosul and Hazza, according to Ibn al-Nadim. 2

Ibn al-Nadim describes him as one of the Christian judges in law and in rulings. He wrote letters and books, among them the book of Marqus the Jacobite, in reply to two letters that came to him on faith. He transmitted many books of logic and philosophy. 2

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  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p. 57-58
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.57–58
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