Ephrem the Syrian's Hymns on the Unleavened Bread (Texts from Christian Late Antiquity, #30)

by J. Walters

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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.
  • ISBN10 1463201591
  • ISBN13 9781463201593
  • Publish Date 10 December 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Gorgias Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 117
  • Language English