Thomas the Apostle (text) - ܬܐܘܡܐ

Titles

• ܬܐܘܡܐ1
• Tōmā1
• Thomas, apôtre (texte)1
• Thomas the Apostle (text)1

Creators

• Jacob of Serugh — ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܣܪܘܓ 1 [author]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/955
• BHS: 758
• BHO: 1223

Incipit

"ܒܪܐ ܕܐܙܕܒܢ ܘܐܬܚܪܪ ܒܗ ܓܢܣܐ ܕܐܢܫܐ: ܗܒ ܠܝ ܕܐܡܪ ܥܠ ܬܠܡܝܕܐ ܡܙܒܢܐ ܕܡܢܟ."1 "Fils en qui le genre humain a été racheté et affranchi, donne-moi de parler du disciple, le vendeur envoyé par toi."1

Explicit

"ܠܟ ܢܫܬܥܒܕ ܪܘܡܐ ܘܥܘܡܩܐ ܘܟܠ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗܘܢ: ܕܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܒܘܟܪܗܿ ܕܐܠܗܘܬܐ ܒܪܝܟ ܫܠܚܟ."1 "Que te soient soumises les hauteurs, les profondeurs, et tout ce qui est en elles, toi qui es les prémices de la divinité, béni soit celui qui t’a envoyé."1

Editions

This is not a comprehensive list of editions related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• Paulus Bedjan, Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis, 5 vols. (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1905), p: p. 724-762. 1
  • Note: Based on Oxford, Bodleian Library syr. 135
• Werner Strothmann, Jakob von Sarug. Drei Gedichte Über Den Apostel Thomas in Indien, Göttinger Orientforschungen, I. Reihe: Syriaca 12 (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1976), p: Wiesbaden, 1976, p. 27-162. 1
  • Note: Based on ms Oxford, Bodeleian Library, syr. 135 (Poc. 404), f. 315-321v + ms Damas, Patriarcat syrien orthodoxe, cod. 12/16 (olim Jérusalem, Couvent syrien orthodoxe Saint-Marc, cod.156 (Baumstark Litur. 43)), f. 44v-46v

Manuscripts

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• Oxford, Bodleian Library syr. 135 Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Pococke 404 , f. 315-321v1
• ms Oxford, Bodeleian Library, syr. 135 (Poc. 404), f. 315-321v + ms Damas, Patriarcat syrien orthodoxe, cod. 12/16 (olim Jérusalem, Couvent syrien orthodoxe Saint-Marc, cod.156 (Baumstark Litur. 43)), f. 44v-46v1

Modern Translations

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• German: Werner Strothmann, Jakob von Sarug. Drei Gedichte Über Den Apostel Thomas in Indien, Göttinger Orientforschungen, I. Reihe: Syriaca 12 (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1976), p: Wiesbaden, 1976, p. 27-162. 1
• French: Jacques Babakhan, Essai Du Vulgarisation Des Homélies Métriques de Jacques de Saroug, Évêque de Batnan En Mésopotamie, 451–521, Revue de l’Orient Chrétien II, 7 [17] (1912): 410–26; 8 [18] (1913), 42–52, 147–67, 252–69, 358–74; 9 [19] (1914), 61–68, 143–54, p: 149-167, 252-269. 1

Secondary Literature

This is not a comprehensive list of secondary literature related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 758.
• M. Van Esbroeck, CR de l’éd. de Strothmann, Analecta Bollandiana 95 (1977): 434–35, p: 434-435.
• Geevarghese Panicker, St. Thomas in India According to Jacob of Sarug, The Harp 2 (1989): 59–64, p: 59-64.
• Werner Strothmann, Die Thomasgedichte Des Jakob von Sarug, in XVII. Deutscher Orientalistentag Vom 21. Bis 27. Juli 1968 in Würzburg: Vorträge. Teil 2, ed. Wolfgang Voigt, Zeitschrift Der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Supplement 1.2 (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1969), 363–67, p: 363-367.