This edited volume explores the works and legacy of the 12th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop Dionysius bar Ṣalībī, highlighting the enduring significance of his contributions to theology, scriptural exegesis, and intercommunal relations during a period of upheaval in the eastern Mediterranean.

List of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 Between Collecting and Composing: Dionysius bar Ṣalībī’s Commentary on the Song of Songs  Marion Pragt 2 Double Citations of the Peshitta and the Syro-Hexapla in Dionysius bar Ṣalībī’s Spiritual Commentary on Isaiah 1–12  Zhan Chen 3 Appraising Bar Ṣalībī’s Knowledge of Islam: Insights from a Neglected Response to the Charge of Biblical Falsification  Bert Jacobs 4 Two Syriac Disputations against the Jews Attributed to Ephrem and John Chrysostom Rediscovered Sources of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī’s Treatise against the Jews  David G.K. Taylor 5 The Sign of the Cross as a Mark of Christian Faith: Rituals of Practical Orthodoxy in Dionysius bar Ṣalībī  Catalin-Stefan Popa 6 Dionysius on Dionysius: Bar Ṣalībī’s Commentary on Dionysius the Areopagite  Emiliano Fiori 7 Origenism and the Memory of Evagrius Ponticus during the Syriac Renaissance: Dionysius bar Ṣalībī’s Commentary on the Chapters on Knowledge  Adrian C. Pirtea 8 Animals in the Writings of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: First Soundings  Jens O. Schmitt 9 The “Star of His Generation”: Dionysius bar Ṣalībī and the Later Tradition  Herman G.B. Teule Manuscript Index Index of Persons