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 homily on Aaron the Priest. The Syriac text is fully vocalized, and the translation is annotated with a commentary and biblical references. The volume is one of the fascicles of Gorgias Press’s The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug, which, when complete, will contain all of Jacob’s surviving sermons.
Table of Contents (v)
Acknowledgments (vii)
Abbreviations (ix)
Introduction (1)
Prolegomena (1)
A Mimro in Multiple Meters (4)
A Mimro in Multiple Recensions (8)
Outline (10)
Metrical Summary (15)
Thematic Summary (15)
Aaron in the Early Syriac Tradition (18)
Reception of Num 20:23–29 in the Syriac Tradition (20)
Text and Translation (25)
Text and Translation (27)
Memra 5 On Aaron the Priest (28)
[Death and the Priesthood] (28)
[Moses, Miriam, and Aaron in the Camp of Israel] (36)
[Eleazar Instructed in his Priestly Duties] (44)
[God Calls Moses to Lead Aaron to his Death] (50)
[Succession of Priesthood from Aaron to Eleazar] (56)
[Farewell, Blessing, and Burial] (64)
Bibliography (85)
Primary Sources (85)
Works Cited (88)
Index (101)
Index of Names and Themes (101)
Index of Biblical References (103)
