. . "1944-07-05Z"^^ . "1869Z"^^ . . "Abraham Mitrie Rihbany"@en . . "1944Z"^^ . "1869-08-27Z"^^ . . "American academic" . "Abraham Dimitri Rihbany known as Abraham Mitrie Rihbany (Arabic: \u0623\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0647\u0627\u0645 \u0645\u062A\u0631\u064A \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062D\u0628\u0627\u0646\u064A\u200E , 1869-1944; sometimes spelled Rahbany) was an American theologian, philologist and historian of Greek Orthodox Lebanese descent.\"In debt and nearly penniless on his arrival in New York, he went on to become a respected clergyman and nationally recognized community leader.\" His best-known book, The Syrian Christ (1916), was highly influential in its time in explaining the cultural background to some situations and modes of expression to be found in the Gospels. "@en . "Rihbany, Abraham"@en . .