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Narsai, founder-teacher of the School of Nisibis
c. c. 399 – c. 502
Place: nisibis
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Life and works attested.
Narsai was a poet and exegete called the 'Harp of the Spirit'. He brought Theodore's interpretive tradition from Edessa to Nisibis. His verse homilies on creation, Christ and the last judgment were part of the East Syriac preaching heard at al-Hira and in the Gulf.
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Narsai led the refounded school.
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Sources
- Wikipedia: Narsai
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Adam H. Becker, Fear of God and the Beginning of Wisdom: The School of Nisibis and Christian Scholastic Culture in Late Antique Mesopotamia (2006)
University of Pennsylvania Press. Accessed 2026-11-11.