Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns
Overview
This volume contains a translation of a collection of Hymns of Christ, composed by Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306–373), the most famous and prolific writer of the Syriac Fathers. Gain a perspective on the thinking of this important historical figure with this volume of his work.
For a massive collection including over a hundred and twenty of the volumes in this series, see the Classics of Western Spirituality Bundle (126 vols.).
- Presents Ephrem the Syrian’s theological writing in an accessible form
- Fully integrates and cross references with other resources from your Logos library
- A primary source that is useful for research and historical study of the early church
In this volume Dr. McVey offers three large collections of Ephrem’s Hymns, translated in a smooth and highly readable English.
—John Meyendorff, dean, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
- Title: Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns
- Author: Ephrem the Syrian
- Series: The Classics of Western Spirituality
- Publisher: Paulist Press
- Print Publication Date: 1989
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Pages: 496
- Era: era:nicene
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Hymns, English › Translations from Syriac; Hymns, Syriac › Translations into English
- ISBNs: 0809104296, 0809130939, 9780809104291, 9780809130931
- Resource ID: LLS:PHRMSYRNHMNS
- Resource Type: text.monograph.hymnal
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:37:13Z
Ephraim the Syrian (c. AD 306–373) was a fourth-century theologian and hymnographer, and is a doctor in the Catholic Church. Born in Nisibis, near Edessa, he was converted to Christianity by Bishop Jacob of Nisibis and appointed a teacher. He lived in Nisibis until AD 363, and then went to Edessa for eight years to teach at the School of Edessa. Over 400 hymns composed by Ephraim still exist, hymns which he used to teach doctrine and to warn of heresy. His poetry garnered him the titles of “Lyre of the Holy Ghost” and “Prophet of the Syrians.” Ephraim also wrote homilies and prose, of which far fewer manuscripts have survived.