The Prayers of Jacob of Serugh (Fairacres Publications 177)

De: Jacob of Serugh

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FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 177

Jacob of Serugh (451–521) is one of the great poets of the early Syriac tradition. His meditations focus us on the centrality of divine love as he understood it in the context of scripture. These reflections on the mysteries of salvation were prefaces to his homilies; as Sebastian Brock remarks in his Foreword, they ‘are beautiful little gems in their own right.’ In this book, Mary Hansbury presents a selection of the richest and most theologically profound of Jacob’s prayers. They introduce us to his warm pastoral concern for the spiritual and theological formation of the Christians in his care, which has remained lively and accessible down the ages. MARY HANSBURY is a student and translator of early Syriac literature and a trained iconographer. Her publications include translations of the writings of St Isaac of Nineveh, of John the Solitary and of the Letters of John of Dalyatha. Her translation of the Table Prayers of St Ephrem, Hymns of Saint Ephrem the Syrian, is published by SLG Press (FP149).