Early Eucharistic Prayers from Jerusalem

Academic Reading
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Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Chapter 12: The Liturgy of St. James." (pp. 88-99). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
    The anaphora of St. James is from the liturgy of Jerusalem. Jasper and Cuming note, "It appears to be the result of a fusion of the old Jerusalem rite with the anaphora of St. Basil in its earliest form" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 88). There are also signs of a cross-pollination of this with later versions of St. Basil and St. Mark. A Syriac version brings us an earlier reading than does the Greek.
    Jasper and Cuming use a translation of a version from the region of Damascus, probably in the ninth century, noting that other scholarly texts are drawn from a Thessalonian manuscript of the fourteenth century (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 88).
    The sursum corda presents a version of 2 Corinthians 13:13, then in the preface the heavenly bodies are participants in thanksgiving to God (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 88). The Fall and redemption are briefly presented prior to the institution narrative, which, in later versions, is expanded to show "jesus filling the cup with the Holy Spirit" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 89).
    By the ninth century the intercessions are extensive, then by the fourteenth century they have become shorter (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 89).
    After a brief bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 89), Jasper and Cuming provide an English version of the eucharistic portion of the liturgy.

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