Abhdisho bar Berikha

Abhdisho bar Berikha (died November 1318) was a Syrian Christian theologian and poet who was the last important representative of the Nestorian tradition, a theological school emphasizing a rational, critical interpretation of early Christian doctrine. The sect, centred in ancient Antioch, countered the speculative mysticism then prevalent in Alexandria and Jerusalem. Appointed bishop of Shiggar and Beth-Arabaye (Syria) about 1285, Abhdisho became, by 1291, metropolitan (senior bishop over a larger province) of Nisibis (now Nusaybin,...