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On the Mother of God
- Popular Patristics Series
- Narrated by: Kristina Wenger
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
Jacob of Serug was born at Curtem on the Euphrates, ca. 451. Very little is known of his life. He probably studied at the school of Edessa. He became a monk and priest. Early in life, he began writing, and is thought to have composed more than 700 homilies.
Jacob, "flute of the Holy Spirit and harp of the faithful church," has a great love of the Mother of God. In this volume, four homilies have been chosen from the Syriac texts. The poetry is typological and rooted in scripture. It offers, as Professor Brock notes in his introduction, an alternative to the "liberal critical approach to the bible" or to an excessively fundamentalist approach.
After 1500 years of separation from this Oriental Orthodox tradition, so full of scripture, it seems as if the Holy Spirit is uniting us through the poetic genius of Jacob of Serug. The SVS Press audiobook program is sponsored by The Orthodox Vision Foundation. If you are interested in sponsoring the creation of an SVS Press audiobook, please contact us at media@svots.edu.