Antioch & Syriawriter
Who he was
- He was chorebishop of Mabbug.
- Polycarpus was well versed in Greek and Syriac and was probably the first to translate the Pauline Epistles into Syriac.
What he wrote
- He was famous during 500-508 for translating the Scriptures from Greek to Syriac, on request by Philoxenus who was metropolitan of Mabbug at the time.
- Consequently, his translation was titled by Philoxenus as “The Philoxenian Version.”