Ioannes 142 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VII |
| Dates | 631 (taq) / 648 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 2859 |
| Variant Names | Ywhnn |
| Religion | Christian;
Jacobite |
| Locations | Antioch (Syria) (officeplace);
Antioch (Syria) (residence);
Antioch (Syria);
Syria |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Patriarch, Antioch (Syria) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Chronicon Anonymi ad annum 1234 pertinens, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, I = CSCO 81-82 (Paris, 1916-20), II = CSCO 109 (Louvain, 1937) (chronicle) |
Ioannes 142 was Jacobite patriarch of Antioch from 631 to 648. "Ywhnn p'tryrk'"; ordered by the emir Amr ibn Sa`id (Amr 3) to translate the Gospels from Syriac into Arabic, allegedly without mentioning Christ as God or baptism or the Cross; he refused steadfastly but was then given permission by Amr 3 to proceed as he wished; he selected a team of able linguists "from the people of the Tanoukians ("Tnwky'") and the `Aqoulians ("`qwly'" )" and after they had made translations he collated them and produced a polished version, which was then splendidly bound and presented to Amr 3: Chron. 1234, §129 (pp. 263-264). His death is recorded in 664 ("in the year 976, and 23 of Constans and 44 of the Arabs"): Chron. 1234, §137 (p. 282). Cf. Simon 2.
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