McCollum Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Jesus' Temptation

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3610-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 33, 152 Seiten

Reihe: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity

This volume presents, with introduction and annotations, two metrical homilies (Bedjan nos. 82, 126) of Jacob of Sarug in which he reflects on the Temptation of Jesus as combat between Satan and Jesus, the latter emerging as the humble victor.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCollum, Adam Carter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Predigten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Acknowledgements (page 7)
- Preface (page 9)
- Abbreviations (page 11)
- Introduction (page 13)
- Outline of the two homilies (page 14)
- Manuscripts containing these homilies (page 15)
- Jacob and the Temptation narratives in the Bible (page 18)
- Biblical antecedents (page 19)
- Jacob among other interpreters (page 19)
- The Vocabulary of Aggression (page 23)
- The Vocabulary of Humility (page 28)
- Diabolical Descriptions and Denominations (page 31)
- Conclusion (page 33)
- Text and Translation (page 35)
- Homily 82: On our Lord's Combat with Satan (page 36)
- Homily 126: The Second Homily on our Lord's Fight with Satan (page 94)
- Index of Names and Subjects (page 147)
- Index of Biblical References (page 151)