Jacob of Serugh - ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܣܪܘܓ
http://syriaca.org/person/42
“Poet, known as ‘the Flute of the Holy Spirit and
the Harp of the Church’; bp. of Baṭnan da-Srug
(519–21).”1
Names
- ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܣܪܘܓ
- Jacob of Serugh
- ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܒܛܢܢ ܕܣܪܘܓ6
- ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܣܪܘܓ ܡܠܦܢܐ4
- ܡܳܪܝ ܝܰܥܩܘܒ ܕܰܣܪܘܓ ܡܰܠܦܳܢܐ4
- مار يعقوب السروجي الملفان3
- Jacobus Sarugensis13
- Jacob of Batnae18
- Jacob of Sarug5
- Jacob of Serūg18
- Jacques de Saroug6
- JACQUES DE SAROUG7
- Serugh
- Yaqub of Serugh
- Yaʾqōḇ d-ḇatnān da-Srūg6
- Yaʿqōb d-Batnān da-Srug
- Ya‘qub of Serugh
- Jacob of Serugh
- Jacques de Serugh6
- Mar Jacob of Sarug , the Malphono2
- Yaʿqub of Serugh1
Birth
ca. 451
Kurtam
Death
521
Sex
male7
Notes
“Poet, known as ‘the Flute of the Holy Spirit and
the Harp of the Church’; bp. of Baṭnan da-Srug
(519–21).”1
In hagiography: Jacob is commemorated as
an author of many poems on biblical and theological topics. He had been a
student of the School of Edessa. His relics were transferred to Amida (Diyarbakir) after
his death.
Status: draft
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Works Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 S. P. Brock,Yaʿqub of Serugh,inThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 433-435.
- 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum,The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 38, p: 255.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم,كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus
Verlag, 1987), p: 219.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ
ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ
ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag,
1991), p: 246.
- 5 Sergey Minov, ed.,A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Jacob of Sarug.
- 6 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne,Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 6, 8, 96, 132, 181, 182, 736, 737, 740, 741, 742, 746, 748, 749, 750, 751,
752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 765, 779, 858, 859, 894, 903, 904,
905, 906, 907, 988, 989, 991, 993, 995, 997, 998, 1088, 1143, 1225, 1263, 1268, 1295,
1308, 1309, 1329, 1342, 1346, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1436, 1437, 1438, 1542, 1543, 1544,
1566, 1673, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1754, 1758, 1761, 1762, 1783, 1806,
1810, 1812, 1819, 1824, 1868, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2010,
790, 791, 880, 900, 901, 1209, 1757, 1984, 2027.
- 7 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 228.
- 8 Joannes Baptista Abbeloos,De Vita et Scriptis Sancti Jacobi, Batnarum Sarugi in Mesopotamia Episcopi, Cum Ejusdem
Syriacis Carminibus Duobus Integris Ac Aliorum Aliquot Fragmentis, Necnon Georgii
Ejus Discipuli Oratione Panegyrica (Lovanii: Vanlinthout Fratres / Bonnae: Adolphum Marcus, 1867), p: 24-103.
- 9 Paul Peeters,Bibliotheca Hagiographica Orientalis, Subsidia Hagiographica 10 (Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1910), entry: 413-14.
- 10 Isaac Barsaum,Al-Lu’lu’ al-Manṯūr Fī Ta’rīh al-‘ulūm Wa-l-Ādāb al-Suryānīya (Histoire de La Littérature
Syriaque), 2nd ed. (Aleppo, 1956), p: 273-80.
- 11 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium], 2 vols. (Roma: Città nuova, 1998), vol: I, p: 1027-28.
- 12 Anton Baumstark,Geschichte Der Syrischen Literatur, Mit Ausschluss Der Christlich-Palästinensischen
Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1922), p: 148-158.
- 13 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina,Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum,
1965), section: 39.
- 14 J.S. Assemani,De Scriptoribus Syris Orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), p: 283-340.
- 15 J.-B. Chabot,Littérature Syriaque, Bibliothèque Catholique Des Sciences Religieuses (Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), p: 62-63.
- 16 William Wright,A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: A. and C. Black, 1894), p: 67-72.
- 17 Sebastian P. Brock,A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature, Mōrān ’Eth’ō 9 (Baker Hill, Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute,
1997), p: 30-31.
- 18 William Wright,Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum, Acquired since the Year 1838, 3 vols. (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1870), vol: III, p: 1291-1294.
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- Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
- German data entry by Samer Khader
- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
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