St. Jacob of Edessa +708

St. Jacob of Edessa +708

Mor Jacob of Urhoy, Urfa was one of the most distinguished of Syriac writers. A man unique in the extent of his knowledge and chief among the doctors of the church, Jacob had a brilliant mind, critical temperament, sharp wit and sound judgment. He was a grammarian, a man of letters, a poet, a translator, an historian, a commentator, a legislator and a philosopher-theologian.http://www.soc-wus.org/ourchurch/St.%20Jacob%20of%20Edessa.htmhttp://soc-wus.org/2010%20News/652010121519.phpBL14504