TY - BOOK ID - 16002622 TI - Jacob of Sarug's Homilies on the six days of Creation : the first day AU - Jacques de Saroug, 0451-0521 AU - Mathews, Edward G. PY - 2009 SN - 9781607243236 1607243237 PB - Piscataway: Gorgias Press, DB - UniCat KW - Creation KW - Sermons, Syriac. KW - Sermons, Syriac KW - Creation. KW - Sermons syriaques KW - Création KW - Sermons. KW - Translations into English. KW - Sermons KW - Traductions anglaises UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16002622 AB - Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homily constitutes the first example of a Hexameron, or Commentary on the Six Days of Creation, in Syriac literature. This edition presents Jacob’s comments on the first day, Gen. 1:1-5. 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 ER -