Hymns on the unleavened bread
By: by Ephrem the Syrian ; translation and introduction by J. Edward Walters
Contributors: Walters, J. Edward, translator, writer of introduction; Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373; Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373
Series: Texts from Christian late antiquity -- volume 30; Texts from Christian late antiquity -- v. 30.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng; syr
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9781463201593
Subjects: Syriac Hymns; Early works to 1800; Translations into English; Easter hymns
Description: "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 provides a fascinating study of Syriac Christianity because Ephrem 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 also thrust the reader into the middle of a fourth-century 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"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: "The set of writings known as the 'Hymns on the Unleavened Bread' ... is part of a larger collection of Ephrem's hymns known as the Paschal Hymns"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hymns in Syriac with English translations on facing pages; introduction in English.