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Salvation in Christ According to Jacob of Serugh : An Exegetico-theological Study on the Homilies of Jacob of Serugh on the Feasts of Our Lord.

Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and PatristicsPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (557 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463203825
  • 9781463236274
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 270.2092 23
LOC classification:
  • BR1720.J23 K65 2014
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- PART ONE -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Life and Theological Reflection of Jacob of Serugh -- PART TWO -- Introduction -- Chapter Two: Festal Homilies of Jacob of Serugh and the Catechetical Preaching on The Mysteries of Salvation in Christ -- Chapter Three: Aspects of the Economy of Salvation in Christ -- PART THREE -- Introduction -- Chapter Four: Scriptural Foundations of Mar Jacob’s Vision of the Economy of Salvation -- Chapter Five: Early Syriac Christian Tradition and Mar Jacob’s Vision of Salvation in Christ -- General Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Syriac Texts and Translations -- General Index
Summary: Jacob of Serugh’s vision of ‘Salvation in Christ’, in its exegetical, theological, catechetical, liturgical and pastoral aspects, is reviewed in this monograph. Jacob’s mode of symbolic-mystical-silence approach to the mystery of Christ is explained. This treatise gathers up Jacob’s typological and symbolic thought-patterns, in his own language, categories, terminologies, and imageries.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- PART ONE -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Life and Theological Reflection of Jacob of Serugh -- PART TWO -- Introduction -- Chapter Two: Festal Homilies of Jacob of Serugh and the Catechetical Preaching on The Mysteries of Salvation in Christ -- Chapter Three: Aspects of the Economy of Salvation in Christ -- PART THREE -- Introduction -- Chapter Four: Scriptural Foundations of Mar Jacob’s Vision of the Economy of Salvation -- Chapter Five: Early Syriac Christian Tradition and Mar Jacob’s Vision of Salvation in Christ -- General Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Syriac Texts and Translations -- General Index

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Jacob of Serugh’s vision of ‘Salvation in Christ’, in its exegetical, theological, catechetical, liturgical and pastoral aspects, is reviewed in this monograph. Jacob’s mode of symbolic-mystical-silence approach to the mystery of Christ is explained. This treatise gathers up Jacob’s typological and symbolic thought-patterns, in his own language, categories, terminologies, and imageries.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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