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Jul 1, 2020 · Saint Ephraim the Syrian is fascinating due to his existence outside the periphery of the “Christian world” most of us think of. Though he lived in the Roman Empire (he writes hymns against the Emperor Julian the Apostate), his writing is Syriac and decidedly Old Testament in its focus.
Dec 2, 2020 · In this article, we offer highlights that give us insight how Ephrem understood Theosis, the salvation of the unborn, the Fall, and even the authenticity of his commentary on Genesis. The Difference Between Heaven and Hell. Ephrem understands Hell similar to Saint Augustine’s view of purgation in the Handbook of Faith, Hope, and Love.
EPHRAEM OF SYRIA (c. 306 – 373) was a theologian, biblical interpreter, teacher, poet, and hymnographer whose teaching activity and prolific writings have had lasting influence on the Christian tradition.
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. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2021.
Jan 3, 2020 · The first order of business for Brock was to expose Westerners to the “lyre of the Spirit,” the pre-eminent poet-theologian of the early Church, Ephrem the Syrian. Ephrem was a contemporary of Basil the Great.
Aug 1, 2022 · Sebastian Brock’s publications have spanned the entirety of Syriac literary history, but he has displayed an especial fondness for Ephrem the Syrian, the fourth-century northern Mesopotamian poet who is the Syriac tradition’s first “great” poet, and perhaps the most well known of Syriac authors.
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Jul 19, 2016 · St. Ephrem, the “Harp of the Spirit,” composed prose commentaries and sermons of skillfull charmand grace, in addition to beautiful hymns, during the time he spent teaching at his native Nisibis and at Edessa in Syria.
