Singer of the Word of God
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Singer of the Word of God

Ephrem the Syrian and his Significance in Late Antiquity

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  2. English
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Singer of the Word of God

Ephrem the Syrian and his Significance in Late Antiquity

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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Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2020
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781463239619
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Theology

Table of contents

  1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  2. SERIES FOREWORD
  3. AUTHOR’S FOREWORD
  4. 1. SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE WIDER SIGNIFICANCE OF ST EPHREM AND THE SYRIAC TRADITION
  5. 2. ST EPHREM AND HIS IMPORTANCE FOR TODAY
  6. 3. THE MANY FACES OF ST EPHREM
  7. 4. IN SEARCH OF ST EPHREM
  8. 5. THE CHANGING FACES OF ST EPHREM AS READ IN THE WEST
  9. 6. THE ARMENIAN LIFE OF ST EPHREM AND ITS SYRIAC SOURCE
  10. THEMES
  11. 7. ST EPHREM, SINGER OF THE WORD OF GOD
  12. 8. THE POET AS THEOLOGIAN
  13. 9. THEOLOGY THROUGH POETRY: THE EXAMPLE OF ST EPHREM
  14. 10. ST EPHREM AND HIS ‘SEA OF SYMBOLS’
  15. 11. ST EPHREM THE SYRIAN ON READING SCRIPTURE
  16. 12. THE USE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE WRITINGS OF MOR EPHREM
  17. 13. ST EPHREM ON WOMEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
  18. 14. THE GUIDANCE OF ST EPHREM: A VISION TO LIVE BY
  19. PARTICULAR TEXTS
  20. 15. EPHREM’S LETTER TO PUBLIUS
  21. 16 THE POETIC ARTISTRY OF ST EPHREM: AN ANALYSIS OF H. AZYM. III
  22. 17. ST EPHREM ON CHRIST AS LIGHT IN MARY AND IN THE JORDAN (H. DE ECCLESIA 36)
  23. 18. A HYMN OF ST EPHREM ON THE EUCHARIST
  24. 19. EPHREM’S VERSE HOMILY ON JONAH AND THE REPENTANCE OF NINEVEH
  25. 20 .‘BLESSED IS THAT OLD AGE WHICH HAS GROWN OLD WITH GOOD DEEDS’: A NEGLECTED POEM ATTRIBUTED TO ST EPHREM
  26. TRANSMISSION
  27. 21. THE TRANSMISSION OF EPHREM’S MADRASHE IN THE SYRIAC LITURGICAL TRADITION
  28. 22. ST EPHREM IN THE EYES OF THE LATER SYRIAC LITURGICAL TRADITION
  29. 23. GREEK WORDS IN EPHREM AND NARSAI: A COMPARATIVE SAMPLING
  30. 24. A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE MAIN EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF THE WORKS OF ST EPHREM
  31. INDEX

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