Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Jacob the Lame — ܝܥܩܘܒ ܚܓܝܪܐ " in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1799 ܝܥܩܘܒ ܚܓܝܪܐ Yaʿqōḇ Ḥgīrā Jacob the Lame Yaʾqōḇ Ḥgīrā Jacques le Boiteux http://syriaca.org/person/1799 Jacob the Lame or "the Lame" was a wise man who came into the Syriac tradition via the Syriac translation of Palladius. Jacob the Lame is commemorated in Jacob the Lame (text). Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 238