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Aphrahat

280 - 346

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Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345; Syriac: ܐܦܪܗܛ, Ap̄rahaṭ, Persian: فرهاد, Arabic: أفراهاط الحكيم, Ancient Greek: Ἀφραάτης, and Latin Aphraates), venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aphrahat has received more than 106,938 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Aphrahat is the 2,230th most popular writer (down from 1,939th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 190th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 55.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Les exposes (Sources chretiennes)
1988
Les exposés
Early works to 1800, Théologie, Judaïsme
1988
Unterweisungen
Early works to 1800, Theology
1991
La version armenienne des euvres d'Aphraate le Syrien (Scriptores Armeniaci)
1977
La version arménienne des œuvres d'Aphraate le Syrien
Early works to 1800, Theology
1977
Fontes Christiani, 1. Folge, 21 Bde. in 38 Tl.-Bdn., Kt, Bd.5/2, Unterweisungen
1991

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aphrahat ranks 2,230 out of 7,302. Before him are Renaud Camus, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, Israel Joshua Singer, David Ogilvy, and Zosimos of Panopolis. After him are Leopoldo Alas, Jacob Cats, Felice Romani, Udo Lindenberg, Arkady Gaidar, and Magnus Felix Ennodius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 280, Aphrahat ranks 4. Before him are Saint George, Eusebius of Nicomedia, and Saint Susanna. After him are Valeria Maximilla, and Ghatotkacha. Among people deceased in 346, Aphrahat ranks 1. 

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    Aphrahat

    WRITER

    280 - 346

    HPI: 55.41

    Rank: 1

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Aphrahat ranks 215 out of 384. Before him are Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980), Al-Farazdaq (641), Mashallah ibn Athari (740), Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (1958), and Ibn Wahshiyya (900). After him are Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145), Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Nabonassar (-800), Sinsharishkun (-700), Sa'dun Hammadi (1930), and Burna-Buriash II (-1400).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Aphrahat ranks 16. Before him are Ibn Khallikan (1211), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), and Al-Farazdaq (641). After him are Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Karim Findi (1946), Abdullah Goran (1904), and Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861).

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