Research Catalog

Title

Hymns on the unleavened bread / by Ephrem the Syrian ; translation and introduction by J. Edward Walters.

Author

Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373

Publication

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors

Walters, J. Edward

Description

xiii, 103 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The fourth-century Syriac author Ephrem the Syrian left behind a large corpus of "hymns" on various topics that provide key insights into a unique Syriac expression of Christianity along the volatile border of the Roman and Persian Empires. The set of hymns presented here provides a fascinating study of Syriac Christianity because Ephrem invites the reader into a world of symbolic interpretation filled with imagination brimming beneath the surface of word-plays, alliteration, and typological comparisons. These hymns also thrust the reader into the middle of a fourth-century context in which Christians and Jews maintain competing practices of a Passover service to the extent that Ephrem feels the need to distinguish between the symbol and the reality"--P. [4] of cover.

Series Statement

Texts from Christian late antiquity ; 30

Uniform Title

• Madrashe deʻal paṭire deṭuvana mar Afrem. Selections. English & Syriac
• Texts from Christian late antiquity v. 30.

Alternative Title

• Madrashe deʻal paṭire deṭuvana mar Afrem.
• Ephrem the Syrian's Hymns on the unleavened bread

Subject

• Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373
• Hymns, Syriac
• Hymns, Syriac > Translations into English

Genre/Form

• Translations
• Translations.
• Early works

Note

• "The subject of the present project is the set of of writings known as the 'Hymns on the Unleavened Bread' which is part of a larger collection of Ephrem's hymns known as the Paschal Hymns"--P. 1.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 8-9) and index.

Language (note)

• English translation and Syriac text on facing pages.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781463201593 (pbk.)
• 1463201591 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 774486142
• SCSB-11342628

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library