Jacob of Sarug's homily concerning the red heifer and the crucifixion of our Lord / edited and translated by Demetrios Alibertis.

Author/creator Jacob
Other author Alibertis, Demetrios, editor.
Format Book
PublicationPiscataway, N.J. : Gorgias Press, 2022.
Description58 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesTexts from Christian late antiquity
Texts from Christian late antiquity ; 78. ^A1171134
Metrical homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug. ^A1450576
Abstract Recognized as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d.521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. Part of a series of fascicles containing the bilingual Syriac-English editions of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homilies, this volume contains his homily on the red heifer slaughter ritual in Numbers 19. For Jacob, the narrative is a prefigurement of Christ's death and its ability to restore and permanently purify all who enter the church through baptism. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical references. The volume is one of the fascicles of Gorgias Press's The Metircal Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug, which, when complete, will contain all of Jacob's surviving sermons. --back
Bibliography noteBibliographical references (pages 55-56) and index.
LanguageIn English and Syriac.
ISBN9781463244712
ISBN1463244711

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