This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. 521) homily on the Veil of Moses asks what the veil means. Jacob finds the hermeneutical key in Paul's exegesis of Gen. 2:24 - that the man and the woman becoming one symbolizes Christ and the Church. The bride must wear a veil until such time as her bridegroom comes to remove it at their marriage ceremony. 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.
- ISBN10 1593336446
- ISBN13 9781593336448
- Publish Date 5 May 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Gorgias Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 76
- Language English