Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Ascension of Our Lord : : Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug.
In Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homily on the Ascension of our Lord, Jacob brings his understanding of the saving action of Christ to fullest poetic expression. Jacob describes how the whole of creation, starting from the beginning of history, is redeemed by Christ’s action as he reclaims his...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | Multiple |
| Series: | Texts from Christian Late Antiquity ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (76 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED |
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| Summary: | In Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homily on the Ascension of our Lord, Jacob brings his understanding of the saving action of Christ to fullest poetic expression. Jacob describes how the whole of creation, starting from the beginning of history, is redeemed by Christ’s action as he reclaims his rightful place in the heavens. The volume constitutes a fascicle of The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug, which, when complete, will contain the original Syriac text of Jacob's surviving sermons, fully vocalized, alongside an annotated English translation. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781463217747 9783111024141 9783110663037 |
| DOI: | 10.31826/9781463217747 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |