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Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Abgar and Addai

Translation and Introduction by Kelli Gibson; Text Edited by Roger Akhrass & Imad Syryany
Jacob of Sarug's homilies on King Abgar and the Apostle Addai, recounting the famous legend of Abgar of Edessa's conversion to Christianity.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-4469-9
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Nov 30,2022
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 245
Languages: English, Syriac
ISBN: 978-1-4632-4469-9
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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 homilies on King Abgar and the Apostle Addai, recounting the famous legend of Abgar of Edessa's conversion to Christianity: the letter of Abgar, Jesus's response (along with a promise that the enemy will never rule over Edessa), and Addai's mission to Edessa. 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 Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug, which, when complete, will contain all of Jacob’s surviving sermons.

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 homilies on King Abgar and the Apostle Addai, recounting the famous legend of Abgar of Edessa's conversion to Christianity: the letter of Abgar, Jesus's response (along with a promise that the enemy will never rule over Edessa), and Addai's mission to Edessa. 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 Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug, which, when complete, will contain all of Jacob’s surviving sermons.

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ContributorBiography

Kelli Gibson

Kelli Bryant Gibson is assistant professor of historical theology in the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University.

Roger Akhrass

Roger Akhrass is Archbishop, Patriarchal Vicar for Syriac Studies. He completed his PhD in Patristics at the Catholic University of Paris (2013). Since 2015, he has been the director of the Department of Syriac Studies in the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate. He is the author of more than 40 articles on Syriac Liturgy and Theology, in English, French and Arabic.

Imad Syryany

Imad Syryany is a sub-deacon in the Syriac Orthodox Church with a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola University Chicago.

Table of Contents (v)
Acknowledgments (vii)
Introduction (1)
   The Abgar legend and Jacob of Sarug (1)
   On King Abgar and the letter that he sent to Christ, and the reply our Lord made to him (6)
   On the Apostle Addai when he came to Edessa and on King Abgar (11)
   Manuscripts (15)
Text and Translation (17)
   On King Abgar and the letter he sent to Christ and the answer our Lord gave him (18)
   On the Apostle Addai when he came to Edessa and on King Abgar (150)
Bibliography (229)
Index of Biblical References (231)

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