Ephrem, a ‘Jewish’ Sage: A Comparison of the Exegetical Writings of St Ephrem the Syrian and Jewish Traditions. By Elena Narinskaya
Students of Ephrem, the fourth-century theologian-poet, esteem his theological vigour while lamenting his anti-Jewish rhetoric. Even his most noted admirers, such as Robert Murray (Symbols of Church and Kingdom: A Study in Early Syriac Tradition [Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2004], p. 68), confess...
| Published in: | The journal of theological studies |
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 748-751 |
| Review of: | Ephrem, a "Jewish" sage (Turnhout : Brepols, 2010) (Morrison, Craig E.)
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| Summary: | Students of Ephrem, the fourth-century theologian-poet, esteem his theological vigour while lamenting his anti-Jewish rhetoric. Even his most noted admirers, such as Robert Murray (Symbols of Church and Kingdom: A Study in Early Syriac Tradition [Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2004], p. 68), confess that Ephrem held the Jews in contempt. More recently, Christine Shepardson (Anti-Judaism and Christian Orthodoxy: Ephrem's Hymns in Fourth-Century Syria [North American Patristics Society Patristic Monograph Series, 20; Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2008]—see JTS, ns 61 [2010], pp. 342–4) has argued that Ephrem's anti-Jewish rhetoric must be understood within the christological controversies of the fourth century. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flr133 |