Singer of the Word of God: Ephrem the Syrian and his Significance in Late Antiquity

Sebastian P. Brock

Published by Gorgias Press 2020

Singer of the Word of God

Ephrem the Syrian and his Significance in Late Antiquity

Sebastian P. Brock

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463239619

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About this book

As the first volume of the Sebastianyotho series, this book collects Sebastian P. Brock’s articles related to Ephrem the Syrian. Many of the articles have been updated and some are published in English for the first time alongside a number of previously published works. The articles cover a wide array of topics, including a biographical overview of the saint, an exposition of St. Ephrem’s importance for Christianity today and his relevance as a theologian, an analysis of some of his works, and a bibliographic guide to editions of these works.

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Sebastian Brock, Emeritus Reader in Syriac Studies, Oxford University, and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. Author of a number of contributions in the area of Syriac studies (including several books published by Gorgias Press).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
SERIES FOREWORD Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
AUTHOR’S FOREWORD Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE WIDER SIGNIFICANCE OF ST EPHREM AND THE SYRIAC TRADITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. ST EPHREM AND HIS IMPORTANCE FOR TODAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3. THE MANY FACES OF ST EPHREM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
4. IN SEARCH OF ST EPHREM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
5. THE CHANGING FACES OF ST EPHREM AS READ IN THE WEST Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
6. THE ARMENIAN LIFE OF ST EPHREM AND ITS SYRIAC SOURCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
THEMES
7. ST EPHREM, SINGER OF THE WORD OF GOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
8. THE POET AS THEOLOGIAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
9. THEOLOGY THROUGH POETRY: THE EXAMPLE OF ST EPHREM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
10. ST EPHREM AND HIS ‘SEA OF SYMBOLS’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
11. ST EPHREM THE SYRIAN ON READING SCRIPTURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
12. THE USE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE WRITINGS OF MOR EPHREM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
13. ST EPHREM ON WOMEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
14. THE GUIDANCE OF ST EPHREM: A VISION TO LIVE BY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
PARTICULAR TEXTS
15. EPHREM’S LETTER TO PUBLIUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
16 THE POETIC ARTISTRY OF ST EPHREM: AN ANALYSIS OF H. AZYM. III Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
17. ST EPHREM ON CHRIST AS LIGHT IN MARY AND IN THE JORDAN (H. DE ECCLESIA 36) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
18. A HYMN OF ST EPHREM ON THE EUCHARIST Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
19. EPHREM’S VERSE HOMILY ON JONAH AND THE REPENTANCE OF NINEVEH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
20 .‘BLESSED IS THAT OLD AGE WHICH HAS GROWN OLD WITH GOOD DEEDS’: A NEGLECTED POEM ATTRIBUTED TO ST EPHREM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
TRANSMISSION
21. THE TRANSMISSION OF EPHREM’S MADRASHE IN THE SYRIAC LITURGICAL TRADITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
22. ST EPHREM IN THE EYES OF THE LATER SYRIAC LITURGICAL TRADITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
23. GREEK WORDS IN EPHREM AND NARSAI: A COMPARATIVE SAMPLING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
24. A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE MAIN EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF THE WORKS OF ST EPHREM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 366

eBook

Published: June 8, 2020
ISBN: 9781463239619