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Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis
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| Title: | Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis | | Subtitle: | Edited by Paul Bedjan and Sebastian P. Brock | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
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| Vol. 6 | | By Jacob of Sarug | | ISBN: | 1-59333-333-1 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publication Date: | 6/2006 | | From the 1905 edition | | Format: | Hardback, Black, 6 x 9 in | | Pages: | 446 |
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. A sixth volume is added containing Jacob’s poems on the Virgin Mary, a comprehensive index of incepts to Jacob's published and unpublished poems by Sebastian P. Brock, a detailed biography of Bedjan by Heleen van den Berg, and other resources. | |
| | Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis | | ISBN: | 1-59333-327-7 | | Weight: | 1.44 LBS. | | Price: | $1,950.00 | |
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