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Egypt, late 5th or early 6th century. Chester Beatty Library. Ephrem the Syrian[a] (/ ˈiːfrəm, ˈɛfrəm /; c. 306 – 373), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint Ephraim (/ ˈiːfriəm /), Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis, was a prominent Christian theologian and writer who is revered as one of the most notable hymnographers of Eastern ...
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Ephrem was born around the year 306 C.E. in the city of Nisibis (the modern Turkish town of Nusaybin, on the border with Syria). Internal evidence from Ephrem's works suggests his parents were part of the growing Christian community in the city, although later hagiographers wrote that his father was a pagan priest. Numerous languages were spoken in...
Over 400 hymns composed by Ephrem still exist. The church historian Sozomen credits Ephrem with having written over three million lines. Ephrem combines in his writing a threefold heritage: he draws on the models and methods of early Rabbinic Judaism, he engages skillfully with Greek science and philosophy, and he delights in the Mesopotamian/Persi...
Ephrem's artful meditations on the symbols of Christian faith and his stand against heresy made him a popular source of inspiration. The is a huge corpus of Ephrem pseudepigraphy composed in his name and legendary hagiography. Some of these compositions are in verse, often a version of Ephrem's heptosyllabic couplets. Most of these works are consid...
Soon after Ephrem's death, legendary accounts of his life began to circulate. One of the earliest of these is the statement that Ephrem's father was a paganpriest. However, internal evidence from his authentic writings suggest that he was raised by Christian parents. This legend may be anti-pagan polemic or reflect his father's status prior to conv...
Ephrem the Syrian presents an engaging model of Eastern Christianity. He shows that poetry is not only a valid vehicle for theology, but is in many ways superior to philosophical discourse for the purpose of doing theology. He also encourages a way of reading the Bible that is rooted more in faith than in critical analysis. Ephrem displays a deep s...
The boldness of our love is pleasing to you, O Lord, just as it pleased you that we should steal from your bounty.—Hymns on Faith16:5.You (Jesus) alone and your Mother are more beautiful than any others, for there is no blemish in you nor any stains upon your Mother. Who of my children can compare in beauty to these?—Nisibene Hym...Brock, Sebastian P. The luminous eye: the spiritual world vision of Saint Ephrem. Cistercian Publications, 1985. ISBN 0879076240Brock, Sebastian (trans.). Hymns on paradise: St. Ephrem the Syrian. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1990. ISBN 0881410764den Biesen, Kees. Simple and Bold: Ephrem's Art of Symbolic Thought. Gorgias Press, 2006. ISBN 1593333978Griffith, Sidney H. Faith adoring the mystery: reading the Bible with St. Ephraem the Syrian, Marquette University Press, 1997. ISBN 0874625777All links retrieved August 21, 2017. 1. Margonitho: Mor Ephrem the Syrian – sor.cua.edu 2. Catholic Encyclopedia: Saint Ephraem
Outtier, “Saint Ephrem d’après ses biographies,” 24.23 P and V specifically refer to the Testament, but, whereas P’s text is largely based on the Syriac translation of Palladius, with only minor influence from the Testament (notably the added adjective, “when he was a small boy,” and the statement that the vine “reached heaven ...
Mar 28, 2008 · Mathews, E. G. and Amar, J., St Ephrem the Syrian. Prose Works: Commentary on Genesis, Letter to Publius, Homily on our Lord , Fathers of the Church 91 ( 1995 ). McCarthy , C. Saint Ephrem’s Commentary on Tatian’s Diatessaron , Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement 2 ( Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993 ).
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Our king is exalted; behold, his images are in his temples And his images are in his possessions. 7. The scribes killed the Son of the King […] another king […] And they were not able to clothe another king. They wanted to, but they could not make a king 7 Possible reference to Jn 6: 15. Cf. Kathleen McVey, Ephrem the Syrian. Hymns, p. 387
A SPIRITUAL FATHER FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH: THE UNIVERSAL APPEAL OF ST. EPHRAEM THE SYRIAN. ol. 1.2, 197–220 1998 [2010] by Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute a. d Gorgias PressA. ITHINSTITUTE OF CHRISTIAN ORIENTAL RESEARCH THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA[1] IIn an encyclical letter issued on 5 October 1920, Pope Benedict XV proclaimed St ...
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Singer of the Word of God: Ephrem the Syrian and his Significance in Late Antiquity. By Sebastian P. Brock. Sebastianyotho 1. Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias, 2020. x + 380 pp. $179.00 cloth. - Volume 90 Issue 3
