Ephrem the Syrian's Hymns on the Unleavened Bread:

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 m...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press [2012]
Series:Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
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Summary: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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 10. Jan 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (117 pages)
ISBN:9781463234485
DOI:10.31826/9781463234485

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