The Commentary of Saint Ephrem on Genesis With an Arabic Translation
By: St. Ephrem, edited Syriac text and Arabic translation by Assad Sauma Assad
Contributors: Sauma, Assad
Series: Dar Mardin: Christian Arabic and Syriac Studies from the Middle East -- 39; Dar Mardin: Christian Arabic and Syriac studies from the Middle East -- 39.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: syr
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781611435481
Subjects: Commentaries; Early works to 1800; Syriac Manuscripts; Bible
Notes: Title and summary in English ; text in Syriac with Arabic translation.

St. Ephrem's commentary is one of the oldest surviving commentaries on Genesis, and its manuscript is considered one of the oldset surviving Syriac manuscripts. The text is in prose and represents the beauty of Ephrem's style. Sauma's edition provides the Syriac text with an Arabic translation. The volume also gives a long indtroduction to the Syriac exegesis in its eastern and western traditions. Ephrem's Commentary is useful for the general reader, clergy, as well as for the student of Syriac studies. -- back cover.