RT Book
T1 Songs for the Fast and Pascha
T2 The fathers of the church
JF The fathers of the church
A1 Ephraem, Syrus 306-373
A2 Falconer, Joshua 1984-
A2 Hartung, Blake 1987-
A2 Walters, J. Edward
LA English
PP Washington, D.C.
PB The Catholic University of America Press
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1823219853
AB "The ancient author of these poems (teaching songs) is St. Ephrem the Syrian (ca. 307-373), a native of the city of Nisibis in Mesopotamia, who became the Christian bishop of Edessa (Urfa in modern Turkey). The original language is classical Syriac. This volume presents English translations of four complete cycles of St. Ephrem's teaching songs: On the Holy Fast, On the Unleavened Bread, On the Crucifixion, and On the Resurrection. These liturgically oriented songs provide information about the celebration of Lent and Easter (Pascha) in the Syriac-speaking churches of northern Mesopotamia in the fourth century. Also they represent some of the oldest surviving poetry composed for these liturgical seasons, expressing ancient Christian theology in symbolic language that is rich in biblical allusions"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and indexes
NO Translated from Classical Syriac
CN PJ5671.E7
SN 978-0-8132-3573-8
K1 Christian poetry, Syriac : Translations into English
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