Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣafī al-Dawlah, active 13th century
Egyptian Coptic scholar and author of Biblical commentaries; he was a theologian, translator, grammarian, and philologist.
- HMML ID
- 511154722016
- PURL
- LC name
- Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣafī al-Dawlah, active 13th century
- HMML name
- Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣafī al-Dawlah, active 13th century
- HMML native script
- ابن كاتب قيصر، إبراهيم بن صفي الدولة
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Ibn-Kātib Qaiṣar, Ibrāhīm Ibn-Ṣafī 'd-Daula
Personal information
- Centuries
- 13th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
General notes
- Description
- Copto-Arabic author writing in Cairo in the 13th century; theologian, author of biblical commentaries, translator; grammarian and philologist who wrote a Coptic grammar; familiar with Greek, Syriac, Hebrew, as well as Arabic and Coptic; son of a Coptic scribe who held a prominent position in the Islamic government under the Amīr ʻAlam al-Dīn Qayṣar
- Citations
- Stephen J. Davis, "Introducing an Arabic Commentary on the Apocalypse: Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Revelation," Harvard Theological Review 101, no. 1 (2008), 81, https://www.jstor.org/stable/40211951.
- Citations
- MARI 00096, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed February 21, 2023, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/607389.
Preferred citation
"Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣafī al-Dawlah, active 13th century." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified February 21, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/511154722016
Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-02-21
- Last edited
- 2023-02-21