John bar Penkaye

Also: Yoḥannan bar Penkaye, John of Fenek

Born probably in Penek (now Finik, near Cizre, Turkey); the year is not known. Died: the year and the place are not known.

Monk of the Church of the East in northern Mesopotamia who wrote a world history that ends about 687.

Wrote in Syriac.

Places lived

680 to 690Monastery of Mar John of Kamul (near Cizre, Turkey)monkyears not sure, place probable

1 work, in the order they were written. 0 works can be read here.

Book of Main Points, Book 15687 or 688 · probably in Monastery of Mar John of Kamul (near Cizre, Turkey) · historyThe last book of his world history, on the Arab conquests and the civil war, famine and plague of the 680s.not yet on the site

How we know the dates and places

Born not known: GEDSH, "Yoḥannan bar Penkaye"; introduction at https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_bar_penkaye_history_00_eintro.htm; S. Brock, "North Mesopotamia in the Late Seventh Century" (1987)
Place of birth probable: GEDSH, "Yoḥannan bar Penkaye"; introduction at https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_bar_penkaye_history_00_eintro.htm; S. Brock, "North Mesopotamia in the Late Seventh Century" (1987)
His name means "son of the people of Penek". The point is approximate.
Died not known: GEDSH, "Yoḥannan bar Penkaye"; introduction at https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_bar_penkaye_history_00_eintro.htm; S. Brock, "North Mesopotamia in the Late Seventh Century" (1987)
After 687.
Place of death not known: GEDSH, "Yoḥannan bar Penkaye"; introduction at https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_bar_penkaye_history_00_eintro.htm; S. Brock, "North Mesopotamia in the Late Seventh Century" (1987)
Monastery of Mar John of Kamul, years not sure: GEDSH, "Yoḥannan bar Penkaye"; introduction at https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_bar_penkaye_history_00_eintro.htm; S. Brock, "North Mesopotamia in the Late Seventh Century" (1987)
Monastery of Mar John of Kamul, place probable: GEDSH, "Yoḥannan bar Penkaye"; introduction at https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_bar_penkaye_history_00_eintro.htm; S. Brock, "North Mesopotamia in the Late Seventh Century" (1987)