Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis. Volume III Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis: Edited by Paul Bedjan and Sebastian P. Brock Vol.3

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 107. Praises at Morning and Evening [14] 106. The Psalm, 'Praise the Lord with New Praise' [263] 105. 'Seek what is above', and on Outer Darkness [244 104. 'The Word is Vanity' and 'Vanity of Vanities' [22] 103. Love of Money [88] 102. Drunkards [233] 101. The Fall of the Idols [268] 100. The Castle which the Apostle Thomas build in India [254] 99. The Apostle Thomas [105] 98. Stephen, the First Martyr [59] 97. Praises of John the Baptist [183] 96. The Beheading of John the Baptist [249] 95. Reception of the Holy Mysteries [370] 94. Faith [52] 93. The Resurrection of Lazarus [309] 92. The Widow's Son whom our Lord raised [229] 91. Jairus' Daughter [270] 90. The Prodigal Younger Son [306] 89 The Widow with Two Small Coins [68] 88. The blind Timaeus [352] 87. The Five Loaves and Two Fishes [35] 86. 'The Kingdom of Heaven is like Leaven' [166] 85. Our Lord's words, 'Foxes have their holes' [250] 84. Our Lord's words, 'Do not swear at all' [85] 83. The Beatitudes [36] 82. Our Lord's Combat with Satan [310] 81. Our Lord's remaining on Earth for 30 Years before performing Miracles [101] 80. The Mysteries, Types and Depictions of Christ [361] 79. The Veil on Moses Face [61] 78. The Two Goats, the Sacrifice of Azaza'el [212] 76. The Two Sparrows in the Law [142] 75. Our Lord and Jacob, the Church and Rachel [16] 74. Jacob's Revelation at Bethel [332] 73. The Blessings of Isaac on Jacob [315 72. The Creation of Adam, and the Resurrection of the Dead [240] 71. The Six Days of Creation, First Day [34] AVANT-PROPOS