The Scriptorium · translations
| Work | Author | Passages | Words | Commentary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liturgy5 works | |||||
001 Narsai's 'On Baptism' (Memra Twenty-Two) is a late fifth-century Syriac liturgical verse homily for Epiphany, composed for the School of Nisibis. It expounds baptismal t… | Narsai | 18 | 4,960 | 104 8 kinds | machine-draft |
002 Jacob of Serugh's 'On Holy Baptism' is a Syriac liturgical homily (memrā) from the late 5th or early 6th century, traditionally attributed to Jacob of Serugh (c. 451–521… | Jacob of Serugh | 15 | 3,957 | 87 8 kinds | machine-draft |
003 On Mysteries and Baptism is a Syriac liturgical homily traditionally attributed to Narsai (d. ca. 503), though the sole surviving manuscript is a 19th-century copy of a… | Narsai | 22 | 6,190 | 131 8 kinds | machine-draft |
004 Jacob of Serugh's memrā on Christ's baptism is a liturgical poem in isosyllabic couplets, alternating between narrative of the Jordan event and doctrinal exposition on t… | Jacob of Serugh | 24 | 6,339 | 135 8 kinds | machine-draft |
005 This metrical homily by Jacob of Serugh (c. 451–521) presents a tripartite typology of baptism: the Law, John the Baptist, and the apostolic baptism instituted by Christ… | Jacob of Serugh | 13 | 3,464 | 75 9 kinds | machine-draft |