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Jacob of Edessa (c.640-708) is considered the most learned Christian of the early days of Islam. In all fifteen contributions to this volume, written by prominent specialists, the interaction between Christianity, Judaism, and the new religion is an important issue. The articles discuss Jacob’s biography as well as his position in early Islamic Edessa, and give a full picture of the various aspects of Jacob of Edessa’s life and work as a scholar and clergyman. Attention is paid to his efforts in the fields of historiography, correspondence, canon law, text and interpretation of the Bible, language and translation, theology, philosophy, and science. The book, which marks the 1300th anniversary of Jacob’s death, also contains a bibliographical clavis.
Price: $192.00
Pages: 314
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Monographs of the Peshitta Institute
Publication Date:
24 December 2008
ISBN: 9789004173477
Format: Other
"Le volume s' ouvre par une esquisse biographique de Jacques, où A. Salvesen introduit au contexte historique et aux diverses facettes de l'oeuvre que traitent ensuite, l'une après l'autre, les spécialistes les plus autorisés de chaque discipline: histoire et épistolographie (W. Witakowski, W. Adles, J. van Ginkel), droit canon (H.G.B. Teule, K.D. Jenner), exégèse et révision du texte biblique (R.J. Saley, A. Salvesen, B. ther Haar Romeny), grammaire (R. Talmon) et traduction (L. van Rompay), philosophie et science (H. Hugonnard-Roche, M. Wilks) et liturgie (B. Varghese)."
Isabelle Isebaert-Cauuet (Le Museon)
Isabelle Isebaert-Cauuet (Le Museon)
Bas ter Haar Romeny, Ph.D. (1997), Leiden University, is Professor of Old Testament and Eastern Christianity at Leiden University. He has published extensively on the biblical text and the history of its interpretation, including A Syrian in Greek Dress (Peeters, 1997) and The Peshitta: Its Use in Literature and Liturgy (Brill, 2006).