Jacob of Serugh. Homily on the Apostle Thomas and the Resurrection of Our Lord

This volume offers a critical edition and translation of Jacob of

Serugh’s Homily on the Apostle Thomas and the Resurrection of Our

Lord that focuses on John 20:19-28. The introduction describes the

twenty-nine manuscripts that preserve the homily, details the

construction of a stemma, presents case studies of editorial decisions

based on neo-Lachmannian principles, and explains the systems of

punctuation, orthography, and diacritical points. It also draws

attention to the reception of the homily by attending to the producers

and users of the manuscripts as well as the homily’s transmission in

exegetical, liturgical, and hagiographical collections. The apparatus

and appendices highlight paratextual marginalia, excerpts of the homily

in the Syriac Masora, the incorporation of the homily into a

liturgical rite, additions to the homily, and section divisions in

manuscript witnesses. Overall, the volume seeks to navigate between

employing a neo-Lachmannian editorial praxis and addressing the

interests of material philology.