Table of Contents (v)
Preface (vii)
Introduction (1)
Jacob’s stanzaic poetry (1)
Themes (2)
Metres (3)
Transmission (5)
Attributions (9)
The present edition (10)
Texts and Translations (11)
1. aw malko da-bnon(y) (13)
2. aw d-etho (23)
3. aw napšo ṣurto (33)
4. aw dayon(y) (45)
5. aw osyo d-etho (55)
6. aw da-qrony (65)
7. manu kay hono (75)
8. dowitho (hy) napšo d-ḥaṭoyo (85)
9. b‘eldara ṣni‘a (97)
10. qum(y) napš(y) d-neplat (105)
11. ‘uhdono nbah bi (115)
12. abo mraḥmono (125)
13. aḥay ba-ktobe (135)
14. aw ‘umro d-zabno (159)
15. aw dayono d-dineh triṣ (171)
16. urhoy šelḥat la-mšiḥo (183)
17. b-rehṭo rabo (191)
18. ḥawa ba-‘den (199)
19. b-hono yawmo (217)
20. qom men qabro yohubo d-nuḥomo (227)
21. aw tagore (237)
22. sleq la-ṣlibo (251)
23. ‘al hwo la-šyul (265)
24. ber(y) ḥabibo (279)
25. aw ‘olmo šabro (287)
Appendix: Textual Notes (305)
Index of Incipits (315)
Index of Biblical References (317)
Index of Names and Selected Topics (319)