Letter to the Himyarites

The Letter to the Himyarites was a letter sent by Jacob of Serugh to the Christian community of Najran to console them during the persecutions against them by the Jewish Himyaritic king, Dhu Nuwas. Jacob's letter came as one of many responses to the massacre, which was a moment of international outrage among Christian communities. Jacob's letter was meant to draw a wide and non-elite readership and may have be associated with the interest of the Miaphysite Church in the Arabian peninsula.

A Syriac edition of Jacob's letter was published by Gunnar Olinder in 1937. The letter is itemized and sometimes referred to as Letter 18.

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