The vast majority of Jacob's published mimre (verse homilies) are by Paul Bedjan (1905-10) and by Roger Akhrass and Imad Syryany (2017). Bedjan's editions are freely available online.
Bedjan, P. Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis; Otto Harrassowitz: Leipzig; Paris, 1905; Vol. 1.
Bedjan, P. Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis; Otto Harrassowitz: Leipzig; Paris, 1906; Vol. 2.
Bedjan, P. Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis; Otto Harrassowitz: Leipzig; Paris, 1907; Vol. 3.
Bedjan, P. Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis; Otto Harrassowitz: Leipzig; Paris, 1908; Vol. 4.
Bedjan, P. Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis; Otto Harrassowitz: Leipzig; Paris, 1910; Vol. 5.
Bedjan, P., and Sebastian P. Brock. Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug / Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis. 6 vols. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2006. [This set is a reprint of Bedjan's 5 volumes along with a 6th volume with additional homilies attributed to Jacob.] Link to publisher for 6th volume.
Akhrass, R.-Y., Syryany, I.; 160 Unpublished Homilies of Jacob of Serugh: Volume I (Homilies 1-72); Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate: Damascus, 2017; Vol. 1. Link to publisher.
Akhrass, R.-Y., Syryany, I.; 160 Unpublished Homilies of Jacob of Serugh: Volume II (Homilies 73-160); Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate: Damascus, 2017; Vol. 2. Link to publisher.
Other editions include:
Albert, Micheline. Jacques de Saroug. Homélies Contre Les Juifs. Patrologia Orientalis 38.1. Turnhout: Brepols, 1976. Link to publication.
Alwan, Khalil. Jacques de Saroug. Quatre Homélies Métriques Sur La Création. 2 vols. CSCO 508-509, Syr. 214-215. Louvain: Peeters, 1989. Link to publisher.
Alwan, Khalil. Jacques de Saroug († 521). Sur Adam et Sur Le Bien et Le Mal: Homélie Métrique Inédite. Jounieh, Liban: Apôtres, 2021.
Amar, Joseph. A Metrical Homily on Holy Mar Ephrem by Mar Jacob of Sarug: Critical Edition of the Syriac Text, Translation and Introduction. Patrologia Orientalis 47.1 Turhout: Brepols, 1995. Link to publication.
Brock, Sebastian. "Jacob of Serugh's Verse Homily on Tamar (Gen. 38)." Le Muséon 115, no. 3-4 (2002): 279-315. Link to publisher.
Brock, Sebastian. Six Homilies by Jacob of Sarug. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011. Link to publisher.
Muraoka, Takamitsu. Jacob of Serugh’s Hexaemeron. Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Supplement 52. Leuven: Peeters, 2018. Link to publisher. [An edition and translation of the seven homilies on creation first published by Bedjan]
Additional Information:
For the most recent and updated list of Jacob's verse homilies see: Akhrass, Roger-Youssef. "A List of Homilies of Mor Jacob of Serugh." Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Journal 53 (2015): 87-161. Link to publication.
The website Syri.ac has a list of the homilies edited by Bedjan, along with links to the Syriac text of each homily. There is further bibliographic information here.
Link to Fr. Behnam Sony's Arabic translations of all Bedjan's edited homilies, and others from various sources. [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Alibertis, D. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily Concerning the Red Heifer and the Crucifixion of Our Lord; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 78; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2022. Link to Publisher.
Brock, S. P. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Veil on Moses’ Face; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 20, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 1; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2009. Link to Publisher.
Bryant Gibson, K. E. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Abgar and Addai; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 77, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2022. Link to Publisher.
Butts, A. M. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Tower of Babel; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 21, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 15; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2009. Link to Publisher.
Childers, J. W. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Praise at Table; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 46, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 38; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2016. Link to Publisher.
Golitzin, A. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Chariot That Prophet Ezekiel Saw; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 3, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 14; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2016. Link to Publisher.
Harrak, A. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Partaking of the Holy Mysteries; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 23, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 17; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2010. Link to Publisher.
Harvey, S. A.; Brock, S. P.; Durmaz, R.; Falcasantos, R. S.; Payne, M.; Picus, D. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Women Whom Jesus Met; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 44, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2016. Link to Publisher.
Harvey, S. A.; Münz-Manor, O. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Jephthah’s Daughter; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 22, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 16; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2010. Link to Publisher.
Heal, K. S. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Aaron the Priest; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 71, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2022. Link to Publisher.
Johnson, S. F. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Sinful Woman; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 33, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 31; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2013. Link to Publisher.
Kaufman, S. A. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Judgement of Solomon; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 17, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 4; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2008. Link to Publisher.
Kaufman, S. A. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Elijah; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 18, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 9-13; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2009. Link to Publisher.
Kaufman, S. A. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Elisha; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 28, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 23-28; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2010. Link to Publisher.
Kollamparampil, T. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Epiphany; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 4, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 2; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2008. Link to Publisher.
Kollamparampil, T. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Palm Sunday; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 5, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 3; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2008. Link to Publisher.
Kollamparampil, T. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Resurrection; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 14, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 5; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2008. Link to Publisher.
Kollamparampil, T. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Transfiguration of Our Lord; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 13, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 8; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2008. Link to Publisher.
Loopstra, J. A. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Edessa and Jerusalem; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 64, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2021. Link to Publisher.
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Additional Homilies on Good Friday; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 51, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2018. Link to Publisher.
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Creation of Adam and the Resurrection of the Dead; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 37, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 32; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2014. Link to Publisher.
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Fashioning of Creation; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 67; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2021. Link to Publisher. [Combined Translation of the Homilies on the Six Days of Creation]
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The First Day; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 27, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 29; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2009. Link to Publisher.
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Second Day; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 40, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2016. Link to Publisher.
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Third Day; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 47, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 39; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2016. Link to Publisher.
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Fourth Day; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 52, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2018. Link to Publisher.
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Fifth Day; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 55, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2019. Link to Publisher.
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Sixth Day; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 59, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2020. Link to Publisher.
Mathews, E. G. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Seventh Day; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 65, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2021. Link to Publisher.
McCollum, A. C. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Simon Peter, When Our Lord Said ‘Get Behind Me, Satan’; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 26, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 22; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2009. Link to Publisher.
McCollum, A. C. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Jesus’ Temptation; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 38, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 33; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2014. Link to Publisher.
McConaughy, D. L. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Entrance of Our Lord Into Sheol; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 82, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2024. Link to Publisher.
Miller, D.; Hansbury, M. T. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Zacchaeus the Tax Collector; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 6, Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug 30; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2010. Link to Publisher.
Miller, D.; Hansbury, M. T. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Jacob: On Jacob’s Revelation at Bethel, and On Our Lord and Jacob, on the Church and Rachel and on Leah and the Synagogue; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 58, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2020. Link to Publisher.
Miller, D.; Hansbury, M. T. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Samson; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 63, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2021. Link to Publisher.
Parakkott, R.; Hansbury, M. T. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on Paul: On the Conversion of the Apostle Paul and a Second Homily on Paul the Apostle; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 61; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2021. Link to Publisher.
Reed, M. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Lord’s Prayer; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 42, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2016. Link to Publisher.
Scott, C. A.; Reed, M. Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Solitaries; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 41, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2016. Link to Publisher.
Sirgy, D. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Paul’s Word to Seek What Is Above and on Outer Darkness; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 76, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2022. Link to Publisher.
Sirgy, D. Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on the Love of God towards Humanity and of the Just towards God; Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 74, The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug; Gorgias Press: Piscataway, New Jersey, 2022. Link to Publisher.
Constantin, R. J. Syriac Hymns on Fasting: Jacob of Serugh and Isaac of Antioch; Syriac Treasures; The Hidden Pearl Press, 2024. Link to Publisher.
Mimro 23: First Mimro of the Holy Mar Jacob on the Holy Forty-Day Fast
Mimro 24: Second Mimro of the Holy Mar Jacob on the Holy Forty-Day Fast
Mimro 25: Third Mimro of the Holy Mar Jacob on the Holy Forty-Day Fast
Mimro of the Blessed Mar Isaac the Teacher on the Holy Forty-Day Fast
Mimro of Mar Isaac the Teacher on Fasting
Elkhoury, A., Constantin, R. J. Lives of Syriac Saints; Syriac Treasures; The Hidden Pearl Press, 2023. Link to Publisher.
Jacob of Serugh, on Saint Simeon the Stylite
Jacob of Serugh, on Zokhe
Jacob of Serugh, on The Blessed Julian Saba
Jacob of Serugh, on Shmuno and Guryo
Marinus and Anatolus, Acts of Sharbel the Martyr
Elkhoury, A., Kitchen, R. Jacob of Serugh: Selected Metrical Homilies; Syriac Treasures; The Hidden Pearl Press, 2021. Link to Publisher. Link to Spanish Translation.
The Fall of Idols
Love of Money
The Treasure Hidden in a Field
Amar, Joseph. A Metrical Homily on Holy Mar Ephrem by Mar Jacob of Sarug: Critical Edition of the Syriac Text, Translation and Introduction. Patrologia Orientalis 47.1 Turhout: Brepols, 1995. Link to publication.
Brock, Sebastian P. “Jacob of Serugh’s Poem on the Sleepers of Ephesus.” In “I Sowed Fruits into Hearts” (Odes Sol. 17:13): Festschrift for Professor Michael Lattke, edited by Pauline Allen, Majella Franzmann, and Rick Strelan, 13–30. Early Christian Studies 12. Strathfield, NSW: St Pauls Publications, 2007. Link to publisher.
Brock, Sebastian. "Jacob of Serugh's Verse Homily on Tamar (Gen. 38)." Le Muséon 115, no. 3-4 (2002): 279-315. Link to publisher.
Brock, Sebastian P. “Jacob of Serugh, Metrical Homily on the Council of Chalcedon.” In The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings Volume 4. Christ: Chalcedon and Beyond, 294-303. Cambridge University Press, 2022. Link to publisher.
Connolly, Richard Hugh. “A Homily of Mâr Jacob of Sérûgh on the Memorial of the Departed and on the Eucharistic Loaf.” The Downside Review NS 10 [29] (1910): 260–70. Link to publication. [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Connolly, Richard Hugh. “A Homily of Mâr Jacob of Sérûgh on the Reception of the Holy Mysteries.” The Downside Review NS 8 [27] (1908): 278–87. Link to publication. Another link to publication. [This is a translation of excerpts of the homily] [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Forness, Philip Michael. “Jacob of Serugh, The Fourth Homily on Cain and Abel.” In Eastern Christianity: A Reader, edited by J. Edward Walters, 55–68. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2021. Link to publisher.
Hansbury, Mary. Jacob of Serug. On the Mother of God. Crestwood, New York: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1998. Link to publisher.
Kitchen, Robert A. “Jacob of Serugh: The Mīmrō on Balaam and Balak.” Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Journal 53 (2015): 45–86. Link to publication. [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Kitchen, Robert A. Jacob of Serugh: “When Our Lord Walked Upon the Waves of the Sea.” Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Journal 57 (2019), 25–81. Link to publication. [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Kollamparampil, Thomas. Jacob of Serugh. Select Festal Homilies. Rome: Center for Indian and Inter-Religious Studies / Bangalore, India: Dharmaram Publications, 1997. [Includes non-verse homilies]
Lane, David J. “Jacob of Sarug: On the Red Heifer.” The Harp 15 (2002): 25–42.
Lane, David J. “Jacob of Sarug: On the Two Goats.” The Harp 18 (2005): 365–91.
Macabasag, Nora Q. “Jacob of Serugh’s Memra on the ‘Emmanuel’: Translation and Analysis.” The Harp 29 (2014): 353–423.
Macabasag, Nora Q. “Jacob of Serugh’s Memra on the Star Which Appeared to the Magi and on the Slaughter of the Infants (Vat. Syr. 118).” Parole de l’Orient 43 (2017): 237–301.
Macabasag, Nora Q. “Jacob of Serugh’s Memra on What Does It Profit a Man If He Gains the Whole World and Loses His Soul (Vat. Syr. 118).” Parole de l’Orient 41 (2015): 239–53.
Moss, Cyril. “Jacob of Serugh’s Homilies on the Spectacles of the Theatre.” Le Muséon 48 (1935): 87–112.
Muraoka, Takamitsu. Jacob of Serugh’s Hexaemeron. Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Supplement 52. Leuven: Peeters, 2018. Link to publisher.
Palmer, Andrew. “Jacob of Serugh’s Metrical Homily on Sargis and Bakhos.” Parole de l’Orient 41 (2015): 347–66.
Saint-Laurent, Jeanne-Nicole Mellon. “Jacob of Serugh Metrical Homilies on the Name Emmanuel and on How the Lord Is Known in Scripture as Food and Drink.” In The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings Volume 4. Christ: Chalcedon and Beyond, 266-293. Cambridge University Press, 2022. Link to publication. [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Shemunkasho, Aho. “A Verse Homily of Jacob of Serugh on the Annunciation to the Mother of God: Manuscript Vatican Syr. 117, Nr. 12. (Fol. 31a-32a).” In Malphono W-Rabo d-Malphone: Studies in Honor of Sebastian P. Brock, edited by George Anton Kiraz, 575–602. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 3. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2008. Link to publisher.
Shoemaker, Stephen J. “Jacob of Serug. Homily on the Dormition.” In Ancient Traditions of the Mary’s Dormition and Assumption, 408-414. The Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford University Press, 2002. Link to publication. [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Thekeparampil, Jacob. “Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Malkizedeq: A Homily on That Which David Said about Our Lord: ‘You Are Priest Forever in the Resemblance of Malkizedeq.’” The Harp 6:1 (1993): 53–64.
Walsh, Erin Galgay. “Mourning Eve: The Homily on Women as Attributed to Jacob of Serugh.” Patristica Nordica Annuaria 33 (2018): 31–59. Link to publication. [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Below are some important English studies on Jacob. The list is not comprehensive.
Akhrass, Roger-Youssef. "The Liturgical Use of Jacob of Serugh's Homilies." Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Journal 59 (2021): 111-132. Link to publication. [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Bou Mansour, Tanios. “The Christology of Jacob of Sarug.” In Christ in Christian Tradition. Vol. 2: From the Council of Chalcedon (451) to Gregory the Great (590–604). Part 3: The Churches of Jerusalem and Antioch from 451 to 600, edited by Alois Grillmeier, Theresia Hainthaler, Tanios Bou Mansour, and Luise Abramowski, translated by Marianne Ehrhardt, 430–77. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Brock, Sebastian P. “Baptismal Themes in the Writings of Jacob of Serugh.” In Symposium Syriacum, 1976: Célebré Du 13 Au 17 Septembre 1976 Au Centre Culturel “Les Fontaines” de Chantilly (France), edited by François Graffin and Antoine Guillaumont, 325–47. Orientalia Christiana Analecta 205. Roma: Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1978.
Brock, Sebastian P. “Jacob of Serugh: A Select Bibliographical Guide.” In Jacob of Serugh and His Times: Studies in Sixth-Century Syriac Christianity, edited by George Anton Kiraz, 219–44. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 8. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2010. Link to publisher.
Brock, Sebastian P. The Stanzaic Poems of Jacob of Serugh: A Collection of His Madroshe and Sughyotho. Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 72. Gorgias Press, 2022. Link to publisher.
Forness, Philip Michael. Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: A Study of Jacob of Serugh. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Link to publisher.
Harvey, Susan Ashbrook. “The Poet’s Prayer: Invocational Prayers in the Mêmrê of Jacob of Sarug.” Studia Patristica 78 (2017): 51–60.
Kollamparampil, Thomas. Salvation in Christ According to Jacob of Serugh: An Exegetico-Theological Study on the Homilies of Jacob of Serugh on the Feasts of Our Lord. 2nd ed. Gorgias Dissertations in Early Christian Studies 49. Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2010. Link to publisher. Link to publication. [FREE ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY]
Kollamparampil, Thomas. Jacob of Serugh. Select Festal Homilies. Rome: Center for Indian and Inter-Religious Studies / Bangalore, India: Dharmaram Publications, 1997.
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