"The fourth century saw a flowering of ascetic life in Mesopotamia under pioneers who coupled the ancient missionary-ascetic traditions of the Syriac speaking churches with more radical forms of withdrawal and seclusion. The life of one such pioneer, Abraham of Qidun (d. 367), i…
"The fourth-century Syriac author Ephrem the Syrian left behind a large corpus of "hymns" on various topics that provide key insights into a unique Syriac expression of Christianity along the volatile border of the Roman and Persian Empires. The set of hymns presented here provi…
Hymns on faith
by Project Muse, Ephraem,, Syrus, Saint, Wickes, Jeffrey Thomas
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
Ephrem the Syrian was born in Nisibis (Nusaybin, Turkey) around 306 C.E., and died in Edessa (Sanliurfa, Turkey) in 373. He was a prolific author, composing over four hundred hymns, several metrical homilies, and at least two scriptural commentaries. His extensive literary outpu…
Hymns on faith
by Éphrem,, le Syrien, saint, Wickes, Jeffrey T., Éphrem,, le Syrien, saint
Ephrem the Syrian was born in Nisibis (Nusaybin, Turkey) around 306 C.E., and died in Edessa (Sanliurfa, Turkey) in 373. He was a prolific author, composing over four hundred hymns, several metrical homilies, and at least two scriptural commentaries. His extensive literary outpu…