Narsai
Assyrian writer
b. 410 · d. c. 502
Narsai the Harp of the Holy Spirit was one of the most important poet-theologians of the early Church of the East. His homilies belong to the same late antique Syriac preaching culture as those of Jacob of Serugh and Isaac of Antioch, but they reflect the traditions associated with the School of Edessa, the School of Nisibis, and the writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia. His stature in Syriac literature is seen as on par with Jacob's, both only second to Ephrem the Syrian.
Related people
- Joseph Huzaya teacher of · traditional
Events
Places
- Duhok Governorate birth
- Nisibis death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History (second part) 1 claim — Narsai refounds the school at Nisibis
Memberships
- School of Nisibis Head