School of Nisibis

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Christian educational institution late antique school theological school

The School of Nisibis was a renowned late antique Christian theological and educational center of the Church of the East, influential in the development of Syriac scholarship and doctrine.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
School of Nisibis canonical	6
school of Nisibis	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian educational institution ⓘ late antique school ⓘ theological school ⓘ
associatedWith	Babai the Great ⓘ Henana of Adiabene ⓘ Narsai ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ Theodore of Mopsuestia ⓘ
curriculumFeature	commentary-based teaching ⓘ systematic study of Scripture ⓘ use of Theodore of Mopsuestia’s writings ⓘ
denominationalOrientation	East Syriac rite ⓘ surface form: East Syriac Nestorian ⓘ
doctrinalOrientation	dyophysite Christology ⓘ
educationalLevel	advanced theological training ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Syriac literature ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ canon law ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ
influenced	Christian education in the Church of the East ⓘ Syriac biblical exegesis ⓘ Syriac theology ⓘ monastic schools of the Church of the East ⓘ
influencedBy	School of Edessa ⓘ
legacy	influence on medieval Syriac scholasticism ⓘ preservation of Syriac patristic texts ⓘ transmission of Antiochene exegetical tradition ⓘ
linkedInstitution	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: patriarchate of the Church of the East
locatedIn	Nisibis ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Nusaybin ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
mainLanguage	Syriac ⓘ
notableFor	biblical commentary tradition ⓘ development of Syriac scholarship ⓘ formation of Church of the East doctrine ⓘ training clergy of the Church of the East ⓘ
period	late antiquity ⓘ
region	Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Christianity ⓘ Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Church of the East
role	major intellectual center of the Church of the East ⓘ model for later East Syriac schools ⓘ
studentBody	students from across the Church of the East ⓘ
tradition	Syriac Churches ⓘ surface form: Syriac Christianity

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Subject: School of Nisibis
Description of subject: The School of Nisibis was a renowned late antique Christian theological and educational center of the Church of the East, influential in the development of Syriac scholarship and doctrine.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Narsai → associatedWith → School of Nisibis ⓘ

School of Edessa → afterClosureInfluence → School of Nisibis ⓘ

School of Edessa → successorInstitution → School of Nisibis ⓘ

Saint Jacob of Nisibis → associatedWith → School of Nisibis ⓘ

Nisibis → knownFor → School of Nisibis ⓘ

this entity surface form: school of Nisibis

Nisibis → hasEducationalInstitution → School of Nisibis ⓘ

Syriac medical tradition → associatedWith → School of Nisibis ⓘ