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from Part I - The Council of Chalcedon and Its Reception
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2022
Jacob of Serugh (ca. 451–521) was a miaphysite (Syrian Orthodox) bishop of Serugh (modern-day Batnan) in Turkey, southwest of Edessa. In the West Syriac tradition Jacob is the most celebrated poet-theologian after Ephrem the Syrian and is called the “Flute of the Holy Spirit and the Harp of the Church.” He is renowned for having written a large number of metrical homilies in Syriac, known as memre (sing. memra), nearly 400 of which are extant. These exegetical poems treat a wide range of theological topics, including exegesis, hagiography, asceticism, and liturgy. The metrical poem gave theologians like Jacob a creative and memorable way to teach the faithful about divine mysteries such as the incarnation or the relationship of Christ’s humanity and divinity. Jacob’s homilies reveal his skill as a poet-exegete as well as his pastoral sense.
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