Jacob of Sarug's Homilies on the Resurrection : Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug

This volume gives a bilingual Syriac-English edition of Saint Jacob of Sarug's homilies on the Great Sunday of the Resurrection and on the Resurrection itself. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical references. The volume constitutes a fascicle of Gorgias's Complete Homilies of Saint Jacob of Sarug. This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homilies on the Resurrection contrast the Friday of sufferings and the Sunday of resurrection. At the resurrection heaven and earth become reconciled, Sheol is uprooted, and the tomb of the Bridegroom becomes the bridal chamber. 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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 LIST OF ABREVIATIONS 8 I. HOMILY ON THE GREAT SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION 10 II. ON THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD 44 TEXT AND TRANSLATION 48 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED 76 INDEX OF NAMES AND THEMES 78 INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES 80