Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis. / Volume I, : Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis ; Edited by Paul Bedjan and Sebastian P. Brock / / Jacob of Sarug.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Sarug, Jacob of,
• MitwirkendeR: Bedjan, Paul,; Brock, Sebastian P.,; Kiraz, George A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: Multiple
• Series: Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis ; Volume I
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (876 p.)

Jacob of Sarug is one of the most celebrated poets of Eastern Christianity and the Syriac tradition. The Gorgias Press edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, contains over 100,000 lines of poetry based on Bedjan’s 1905 edition.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface To The Gorgias Reprinted Edition -- The Making Of The Gorgias Reprinted Edition -- Table Of Contents -- Table Of Contents (Syriac) -- Appendix II: On The Destruction Of Jerusalem -- Appendix I: On The Church And The Apostles -- The End, And Judgement -- The End -- Our Lord's Words, 'What Will It Profit A Person If He Gains The Entire World But Loses His Soul -- Repentance, And Admonition -- Repentance -- Admonition (On Divine Care) -- Divine Love -- The Holy Fast Of 40 Days, III -- The Holy Fast Of 40 Days, II -- The Holy Fast Of 40 Days, I -- The Commemoration Of The Departed, How They Benefit From Offerings And Alms Made On Their Behalf -- The Denial Of Simon -- Simon Peter, When Our Lord Said 'Get Behind Me, Satan' -- Our Lord's Question, And The Revelation Which Simon Received From The Father -- The Sunday Of Hosannas (Palm Sunday) -- The Canaanite Woman -- The Rich Man And Lazarus -- Zacchaeus The Tax Collector -- The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard -- The Pharisee And The Tax Collector -- The Prodigal Son -- The Young Man Who Said To Our Lord, 'What Shall I Do To Inherit Eternal Life?' -- The Prayer Which Our Lord Taught His Disciples -- Holy Baptism -- The Baptism Of Our Saviour In The Jordan -- The Baptism Of The Law, That Of John, And That Which Our Lord Gave To The Apostles -- The Star Seen By The Magi, And The Slaughter Of The Innocents -- The Priest Aaron -- The Bronze Serpent -- Consecration Of The Church, And The Prophet Moses -- Descent Of The Most High On Sinai, And The Mystery Of The Church -- Admonition -- Avant-Propos