Jacob of Sarug's homilies on Elisha : metrical homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug

This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homilies on the prophet Elisha deals with some of the more difficult stories in the Old Testament, how to understand the story of the bears who ravage the children who made fun of the prophet and why the sacrifice by the King of Moab of his son to his pagan god was seemingly successful. 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. 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 Elisha. The Syriac Text Is Fully Vocalized, And The Translation Is Annotated With A Commentary And Biblical References--p. [4] Of Cover. On Elisha The Prophet -- The Second On Elisha And On The King Of Moab Who Sacrificed His Son Upon The Wall -- The Third On Elisha, And The Shilumite Woman 2 Kgs 4:8-37 -- The Fourth On Elisha : About Naaman The Edomite And His Disciple, Gahzi -- The Fifth On Elisha And On The Vision Of The Saints That Is Able To See Hidden Things -- On The Famine That Was In Samaria In The Time Of Elisha The Prophet -- About Elisha, When A Dead Person Revived Upon His Bones -- Table Of Major Variants. Translation And Introduction By Stephan A. Kaufman. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Texts In English And Syriac On Opposite Pages; Preface And Introduction In English. "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 Elisha. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical references"--Page 4 of cover