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Jacob of Serugh
Syriac author of the late fifth and early sixth centuries, credited with a homily on the youths of Ephesus.
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Attribution does not date every detail in surviving copies. Guidi published two recensions; our comparison reads one through Italian translation, without direct SyriacSyriacA literary form of Aramaic, with an extensive Christian heritage and earlier non-Christian attestations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation manuscript examination. The modern diagram distinguishes narrative, copies and circulation; it is not an author portrait. [4] [6]
References and notes
- Recension introduction and dating limits; no direct Syriac collation. Ignazio Guidi, Testi orientali inediti sopra i Sette Dormienti di Efeso; 1884 journal,1885 offprint; printed16–18 Return to the text ↑
- Academic dating and catalogue; complete Brock translation unread. Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity, E02525; Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the Youths of Ephesus Return to the text ↑
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IL Archive, «Jacob of Serugh», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/people/jacob-of-serugh