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Abraham Mitrie Rihbany | |
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 Abraham Mitrie Rihbany in 1914 | |
| Born | August 27, 1869 Shweir, Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate |
| Died | July 5, 1944 (aged 74) Stamford, Connecticut |
| Occupation | preacher |
| Literary movement | Mahjar[1] |
| Notable works | The Syrian Christ |
Abraham Dimitri Rihbany known as Abraham Mitrie Rihbany (Arabic: أبراهام متري الرحباني; sometimes spelled Rahbany; August 27, 1869 – July 5, 1944) was an American theologian, philologist and historian of Greek Orthodox Lebanese descent.
"In debt and nearly penniless on his arrival in New York, he went on to become a respected clergyman and nationally recognized community leader."[2] His best-known book, The Syrian Christ (1916), was highly influential in its time in explaining the cultural background to some situations and modes of expression to be found in the Gospels.[3] It is still cited in both Biblical Studies[4] and Sociolinguistics.[5]
- ^ Hout, Syrine (2012). Post-War Anglophone Lebanese Fiction. Edinburgh University Press. p. 205.
- ^ Evelyn Shakir, "Mother's Milk: Women in Arab-American Autobiography", MELUS 15:4 (1988), p. 41.
- ^ See e.g. J. Allen Easley, "Appreciation of the Bible as Literature and Religion", Journal of Bible and Religion 18:2 (1950), pp. 96-98.
- ^ Kenneth E. Bailey, The Cross & the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants, 2nd edition. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2005.
- ^ Anna Wierzbicka, English: Meaning and Culture. Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 25-29, 44-56.