Ephrem the Syrian's Hymns on the Unleavened Bread

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3448-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 117 Seiten

Reihe: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity

In this set of homilies Ephrem (306-373) 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 thrust the reader into the middle of a 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. These homilies are presented in their Syriac original alongside an annotated English translation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Walters, J. Edward

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Predigten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 7)
- Preface (page 9)
- Acknowledgements (page 11)
- List of Abbreviations (page 13)
- Introduction (page 15)
- The Text (page 16)
- Unique Features of These Hymns (page 17)
- Typological Comparison of the Jewish Passover and the Christian Pascha (page 17)
- The 'People' and the 'Peoples' - The Depiction of the Jews (page 19)
- The Translation (page 21)
- Resources for the Paschal Hymns: Editions, Translations, Studies (page 22)
- Text and Translation (page 25)
- Index of Biblical References (page 115)