Ishodad of Merv (ca. 850s)

Isho'dad of Merv wrote commentaries on both the Old and New Testaments. He was born in Maru/Merv (modern Turkmenistan), and was the bishop of al-Haditha (near Mosul) beginning in 837. His commentary on the Psalms is the first in the Syriac tradition, relying much on Theodore of Mopsuestia's commentary. Later commentator Jacob bar-Salibi relied heavily on Isho'dad's commentary.

Bibliography

J. M. Voste, “Mar Ishodad de Merw sur les Psaumes” Biblica 25 (1944): 261-296.

M. D.  Gibson, The commentaries of Ishoʿdad of Merv, bishop of Hadatha (c. 850 A.D.) in Syriac and English (5 vols.; 1911–1916; repr. 2005).

C.  Leonhard, Ishodad of Merw’s Exegesis of the Psalms 119 and 139–147 (CSCO 585; 2001).

A.  Salvesen, ‘Hexaplaric readings in Išoʿdad of Merv’s Commentary on Genesis’, in The Book of Genesis in Jewish and Oriental Christian Interpretation, ed. J. Frishman and L. Van Rompay (TEG 5; 1997), 229–52.

C.  Van  den  Eynde, Išoʿdad de Merv. Commentaire de l’Ancien Testament, I, II–VI (CSCO 156, 176, 179, 229–30, 303–4, 328–9, 433–4; 1950–81).

J.-M. Vosté and C.  Van den Eynde, Išoʿdad de Merv. Commentaire de l’Ancien Testament, I (CSCO 126; 1950).