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May 20, 2015 · Saint Ephrem the Syrian. Though said to have written a commentary on every book of the Bible, the only authentic and extant prose commentaries of Ephrem the Syrian are those on Genesis and (part of) Exodus.
Jul 26, 2022 · This volume presents for the first time in the Fathers of the Church series the work of an early Christian writer who did not write in either Greek or Latin. It is the first of two volumes that will offer new English translations of selected prose works by St. Ephrem the Syrian (c. A.D. 309-373).
Sebastian Brock. Edited by. Frances Young , Lewis Ayres and. Andrew Louth. Assisted by. Augustine Casiday. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. Virtually every aspect of Syriac Christianity prior to the fourth century remains obscure, and it is only then that one can feel oneself on firmer ground.
Jul 19, 2016 · It offers new English translations of selected prose works by St. Ephrem the Syrian (c. A.D. 309-373). The volume contains St. Ephrem’s Commentary on Genesis, Commentary on Exodus, Homily on Our Lord, and Letter to Publius.
Ephraem the Syrian is undoubtedly the best-known holy man of the Syriac speaking world in the patristic period. Within fifty years of Ephraem's death, Palladius included a notice of him among the ascetic saints whose memory he celebrated in the Lausiac History.1 Sozomen the historian celebrated
Apr 20, 2009 · Summary. A remarkable volte-face has taken place in the last hundred years with regard to the scholarly opinion concerning Ephrem the Syrian. His life is shrouded in the apophatic silence which he would have all good theology clothed in. Born into a Christian family, it is likely that Ephrem was baptized as a child and came under the formative ...
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Summary. Ephrem the Syrian is one of the two most important fourth-century Syriac writers. 1 He was born ca. 307–309 in the Roman city of Nisibis (modern-day Nusaybin in Turkey) and was likely raised as a Christian, having close relationships with the city’s bishops from his youth.