ʿEnanishoʿ (Syriac: ܥܢܢܝܫܘܥ,[a] also romanized ʿAnanishoʿ or ʿNānišoʿ) was a monk, philosopher, lexicographer and translator of the Church of the East who flourished in the 7th century.
He wrote a philosophical treatise on "definitions and divisions" and a glossary of difficult words to aid in reading the Church Fathers.
He collaborated with Ishoʿyahb III to revise the Ḥudrā, a liturgical book containing the hymns for Sunday services in the East Syriac rite.
Ishoʿyahb's successor, Giwargis I (r. 660/1–680/1), then commissioned him to compile the Paradise of the Fathers, a collection of Syriac translations of Greek works.
[2] The Book of the Little Paradise of David, Bishop of the Kurds, was probably intended as a companion piece covering the native holy men of Mesopotamia.