Author : Scott Fitzgerald Johnson
Publisher : Gorgias PressLlc
ISBN 13 : 9781617198342
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (983 download)
Book Synopsis Jacob of Sarug's Homily on the Sinful Woman by : Scott Fitzgerald Johnson
Download or read book Jacob of Sarug's Homily on the Sinful Woman written by Scott Fitzgerald Johnson and published by Gorgias PressLlc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homily on the sinful woman who anoints Jesus at the banquet - widely identified in the west as Mary Magdalene - focuses on the theme of weeping which Jacob describes as the dominant characteristic of repentence. For him, the sinful woman is the example of true Christian contrition. 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.