Research Catalog

Title

Jacob of Sarug's homilies on praise at table / edited and translated by Jeff W. Childers.

Author

Jacob, of Serug, 451-521,

Publication

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2016.

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Additional Authors

• Childers, Jeff W.
• Jacob, of Serug, 451-521.

Description

ix, 138 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"In these eight brief homilies [homilies 139-146], entitled Praise at Table, Jacob of Sarug summons his listeners to praise God for his provision of their food and to celebrate their table fellowship. Unlike many of Jacob’s homilies, these are neither exegetical-dogmatic in focus, nor do they evoke the liturgical setting of a congregation gathered to observe the Eucharist or other ritual festivals. Rather, these homilies evoke a communal meal setting in the tradition of the ancient Agape, in which Christians have gathered to share a simple meal of ordinary food. The meal observance contains ritual elements, including the preacher’s intonation of a brief meditation at the end of the repast, when the diners should be moved to return thanks to God. Yet the homilies are not mere thanksgivings. Through the power of Jacob’s vivid imagery, the flavors and aromas of the food and wine—indeed the dining experience itself—are transformed into an extraordinary opportunity for the diners to glimpse powerful unseen realities and to be shaped spiritually as a result, under Jacob’s insightful and capable pastoral direction. These homilies offer a glimpse into the efforts of one late antique author to construct distinctly Christian meaning from the experience of communal meal-sharing."--

Series Statement

Texts from Christian late antiquity ; 46

Uniform Title

• Metrical homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug
• Texts from Christian late antiquity ; v. 46.

Alternative Title

Homilies on praise at table

Subject

• Jacob, of Serug, 451-521 > Sermons
• Praise > Christianity > Sermons
• Providence and government of God > Christianity > Sermons

Note

• "The Metrical homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129) and indexes.

Language (note)

• Syriac text and English translation on facing pages; Introduction in English.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781463206055
• 1463206054

LCCN

^^2016024114

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library