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Kthobo d-Deburitho

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"My dear and beloved Aramean, in many ways I am indebted to you on account of the racial love of Adam and the Semitic one of Aram (that burns in my heart)."

"I think, my dear one, ... that you long for the Aramaic tongue, the tongue which my ancestors spoke – the lordly and ancient language. That (language) in which our Lord spoke when he was dwelling on the earth."

Author

Mor Philoxenus Yuhanon Dolabani

Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani (1885–1969) was a modern Syriac Orthodox writer, educator, and bishop of Mardin (1947–69). Born and raised in Mardin, he initially pursued a career in shoe-making but later became a monk in 1908. Dolabani taught at several monasteries and the Syriac Orthodox Orphanage in Adana. He accompanied Patriarch Eliya III on pastoral tours in the Middle East, particularly after World War I and the Sayfo massacres. In 1947, he was consecrated Bishop of Mardin. Dolabani edited various works, including an abridged version of the Beth Gazo and Bar Hebraeus' Book of the Dove. He authored over 40 books in Syriac, Arabic, and Turkish. His autobiography was published posthumously in 2007.

Item details

Date: 1914
Language: Syriac-Aramaic
Publisher: preface of Mor Philoxenos Yuhanun Dolabani's book of the bee [kthobo d-deburitho], published by Verlag Bar Hebräus, Losser-Holland, 1986