Philip Michael Forness is Post-Doctoral Researcher in Late Antique Christianity in the Near East at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. His research focuses on Christianity in the late antique Mediterranean and culture exchange between Christian communities in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages. He is interested in the transmission of ideas across linguistic boundaries, book culture and manuscript studies, and the relationship between doctrine and religious practices.

Queen Victoria This Thorny Crown presents an enjoyable and worthwhile read.

• Abbreviations Conventions Introduction I: The Audience and Readership of Late Antique Homilies II: The Christological Debates and the Miracles and Sufferings of Christ III: Jacob of Serugh's Letters as a Context for his Homilies IV: Homilies and Reading Communities V: Homilies as Tools for Teaching Theology VI: Homilies and the Spread of Christological Doctrine Conclusion Tables Bibliography

Philip Michael Forness is Post-Doctoral Researcher in Late Antique Christianity in the Near East at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. His research focuses on Christianity in the late antique Mediterranean and culture exchange between Christian communities in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages. He is interested in the transmission of ideas across linguistic boundaries, book culture and manuscript studies, and the relationship between doctrine and religious practices.

Queen Victoria This Thorny Crown presents an enjoyable and worthwhile read.

• Abbreviations Conventions Introduction I: The Audience and Readership of Late Antique Homilies II: The Christological Debates and the Miracles and Sufferings of Christ III: Jacob of Serugh's Letters as a Context for his Homilies IV: Homilies and Reading Communities V: Homilies as Tools for Teaching Theology VI: Homilies and the Spread of Christological Doctrine Conclusion Tables Bibliography

Philip Michael Forness is Post-Doctoral Researcher in Late Antique Christianity in the Near East at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. His research focuses on Christianity in the late antique Mediterranean and culture exchange between Christian communities in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages. He is interested in the transmission of ideas across linguistic boundaries, book culture and manuscript studies, and the relationship between doctrine and religious practices.

Queen Victoria This Thorny Crown presents an enjoyable and worthwhile read.

• Abbreviations Conventions Introduction I: The Audience and Readership of Late Antique Homilies II: The Christological Debates and the Miracles and Sufferings of Christ III: Jacob of Serugh's Letters as a Context for his Homilies IV: Homilies and Reading Communities V: Homilies as Tools for Teaching Theology VI: Homilies and the Spread of Christological Doctrine Conclusion Tables Bibliography