Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The First Day

Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4632-1914-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 29, 76 Seiten

Reihe: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity

Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homily constitutes the first example of a Hexameron, or Commentary on the Six Days of Creation, in Syriac literature. This edition presents Jacob’s comments on the first day, Gen. 1:1-5. 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.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Predigten
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 7)
- List of Abbreviations (page 9)
- Introduction (page 11)
- Outline (page 11)
- Summary (page 13)
- Text and Translation (page 15)
- I. Prayer for Grace to Describe God's Creation (page 16)
- II. The Mind's Ascent into Heaven (page 22)
- III. The Indescribable Goodness of God (page 28)
- IV. God Creates the World from Nothing (page 32)
- V. God Brings into Being the Hosts of Heaven (page 36)
- VI. The Angelic Hosts Praise their Creator (page 42)
- VII. Creation Perfected in the Holy Trinity (page 44)
- VIII. David, Ezekiel, and Daniel Tell of the Angels (page 46)
- IX. The Prophets Witness to the Heavenly Beings (page 50)
- X. All Scripture Testifies that God is Creator (page 54)
- XI. God Created the World in Six Days (page 58)
- XII. The Creation of Darkness and Wind (page 62)
- XIII. The Creation of Light (page 66)
- Bibliography of Works Cited (page 75)
- (A) Ancient Sources (page 75)
- Basil 65 (page 75)
- Ephrem (page 75)
- Jacob of Sarug (page 75)
- Narsai (page 76)
- (B) Secondary Works (page 76)
- Index of Names and Themes (page 79)
- Index of Biblical References (page 81)