TY - BOOK AU - Brock,Sebastian P. AU - Harvey,Susan Ashbrook AU - Jacob,Mar AU - Münz-Manor,Ophir TI - Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Jephthah’s Daughter: Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug T2 - Texts from Christian Late Antiquity SN - 9781607240716 U1 - 230 PY - 2010///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - RELIGION / Sermons / Christian KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Introduction --; Text and Translation --; Concerning Jephthah’s Daughter --; A soghitha on the upright Jephtha and on his daughter, by Mar Isaac --; Index of Names and Themes --; Index of Biblical References; restricted access N2 - This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homily on Jephthah’s daughter invisages this single, virginal female as a prefiguration of Christ. Jacob also discusses the history of blood sacrifice and on the qualities that render Jephthah’s action priestly. 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463216245 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463216245 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463216245/original ER -