Ibn Zurʿa on Intellect. A Study and an Annotated Translation of Treatise no. 4 Sbath

The article provides a study and an annotated translation of an Arabic treatise on the trinity and the intellect by the West-Syriac Christian theologian Ibn Zurʿa (d. 1008 AD). The preliminary study examines the sources bearing witness to Ibn Zurʿa’s interest in the study of soul and intellect; it also discusses a text by Ibn Zurʿa in which he mentions Plato (echoing the Phaedo) and Aristotle’s De anima as philosoph-ical authorities who proved the immortality of the soul. The article then analyzes structure, attribution, and doctrinal contents of Ibn Zurʿa’s treatise, highlighting its links to the thought and works of Ibn Zurʿa’s teacher, Yaḥyà b. ʿAdī (d. 974 AD). The English translation is based on a revision of Sbath’s edition through a collation of the manuscripts available to the author of the article.