His Excellency Elias Zaidan, the Eparchial Bishop of The Maronite Eparchy of Los Angeles, called for this conference aptly entitled The Year of Jacob of Serugh: An Online Series of Lectures on the Writings and Theology of the Bishop of Batnan to Celebrate the 1500th Anniversary of His Death to honor Jacob of Serugh whose theological and exegetical acumen has been influencing Christianity for over fifteen centuries.
Videos released throughout the year of 2021 include the following:
- Sebastian Brock,"Why Should We Be Celebrating Jacob of Serugh?" (January 20, 2021)
- Philip Forness, "A Mediator between Exegetical Traditions Jacob of Serugh and His Letters on Biblical Interpretation" (February 17, 2021)
- Jeffrey Wickes, "The Living Saints in Jacob’s Memre" (March 17, 2021)
- Muriel Debié, "Jacob of Serugh in His Time: A Preacher in Late Antique Mesopotamia" (April 21, 2021)
- Erin Galgay Walsh, "Well-Versed in Pain: Biblical Narratives of Healing in Jacob of Serugh’s Poetry" (June 16, 2021)
- Roger Akhrass, "Merciless Apostles and Prophets: Criticism of the Righteous in Jacob of Serugh’s Homily on Admonition" (July 21, 2021)
- Kelli Bryant Gibson, "‘The Friend of Jesus’: Jacob of Serugh’s Version of the Abgar Legend" (August 18, 2021)
- Aaron Butts, "A New Look at the Anti-Judaism of Jacob of Serugh (d. 521)" (September 15, 2021)