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Mar Jacob of Sarug’s (d. 521) homily “On Edessa and Jerusalem” takes as its principal subject the legendary exchange of letters between King Abgar in Edessa and Jesus in Jerusalem. In this poem-homily Jacob uses his profound skills as a poet and wordsmith to make the case that “the Peoples,” represented by Edessa, have now supplanted “the People,” the Jews of Jerusalem in the history of salvation. He promotes what he sees as the faithful heritage of Edessa, the first-ripe fruit of Gentile faith, against the faithlessness of Jerusalem. King Abgar’s early faith in Jesus, coming before the Crucifixion and Ascension, has bestowed upon Edessa, the “Daughter of the Aramaeans,” a unique heritage. As a poet-theologian, Jacob creatively couches his apology as an imagined conflict between two young women, Edessa and Jerusalem, over the Bridegroom Jesus, promised to one but loved by the other. A final stirring paean conveys a late fifth-century vision of the spread of the Good News to the Gentile nations of the world. 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.

Sermons, Syriac --- Sermons, Syriac. --- Abgar --- Jesus Christ --- Jacob, --- Abgar letters

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A collection of early Christian texts concerning the Abgar Letters, the Teaching of Addai, and the Holy Face of Edessa with accompanying German translations.

Abgar --- Jesus Christ --- Biography --- Apocryphal and legendary literature --- Physical appearance --- Legends. --- Abgar letters --- Holy Face of Edessa. --- 246.5 --- Emblematiek. Iconologie. Christelijke iconografie. Dodendans --- Filosofia medieval. --- Filosofia cristã. --- Filosofia patrística. --- Abgar letters. --- 246.5 Emblematiek. Iconologie. Christelijke iconografie. Dodendans --- Holy Face of Edessa --- Christ --- Cristo --- Jezus Chrystus --- Jesus Cristo --- Jesus, --- Jezus --- Christ, Jesus --- Yeh-su --- Masīḥ --- Khristos --- Gesù --- Christo --- Yeshua --- Chrystus --- Gesú Cristo --- Ježíš --- Isa, --- Nabi Isa --- Isa Al-Masih --- Al-Masih, Isa --- Masih, Isa Al --- -Jesus, --- Jesucristo --- Yesu --- Yeh-su Chi-tu --- Iēsous --- Iēsous Christos --- Iēsous, --- Kʻristos --- Hisus Kʻristos --- Christos --- Jesuo --- Yeshuʻa ben Yosef --- Yeshua ben Yoseph --- Iisus --- Iisus Khristos --- Jeschua ben Joseph --- Ieso Kriʻste --- Yesus --- Kristus --- ישו --- ישו הנוצרי --- ישו הנצרי --- ישוע --- ישוע בן יוסף --- المسيح --- مسيح --- يسوع المسيح --- 耶稣 --- 耶稣基督 --- 예수그리스도 --- Jíizis --- Yéshoua --- Iėsu̇s --- Khrist Iėsu̇s --- عيسىٰ --- Agbarus --- Agbar --- Abgar, --- Abagarus --- Sacro Volto di Edessa --- Sacro Volto di Genova --- Santo Volto (Genoa, Italy) --- Sacro Mandillo --- Santo Mandillo --- Sacred Mandillo --- Holy Mandillo --- Mandylion (Genoa, Italy) --- Hagion Mandēlion --- Bible. --- Legenda ob Avgare --- Uchenie Addai︠a︡ --- Apocryphal and legendary literature. --- ‏عيسىٰ‏ --- Abgarus rex Edessae --- Iesus Christus D.N. --- Mandilion --- Abgar - V, - King of Edessa, - 4 B.C.-50 A.D. --- Jesus Christ - Biography - Apocryphal and legendary literature --- Jesus Christ - Physical appearance - Legends