0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
  • All Departments
Price
  • R500 - R1,000 (1)
  • -
Status
Brand

Showing 1 - 1 of 1 matches in All Departments

Ephrem the Syrian - Hymns (Paperback, New): Kathleen E. McVey Ephrem the Syrian - Hymns (Paperback, New)
Kathleen E. McVey; Preface by John Meyendorff
R1,004 R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Save R138 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"...a milestone in American religious publishing." New Catholic World Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns translated and introduced by Kathleen E. McVey preface by John Meyendorff "Blessed be the Child who today delights Bethlehem. Blessed be the Newborn Who today made the humanity young again. Blessed be the Fruit Who Bowed Himself down for our hunger. Blessed be the Gracious One Who suddenly enriched all of our poverty and filled our need." Ephrem the Syrian (c.306-373) Ephrem was born in the Mesopotamian city of Nisibis toward the end of the third century. An outpost of the Roman Empire, Nisibis and its Christian citizens were to be formed by the reign of Constantine and by the doctrines of the Council of Nicea. There, in the context of a large and sophisticated Jewish population and numerous Gnostic sects, Ephrem sought to defend orthodox Nicene Christianity. His teaching and writing made him an influential voice in the life of Syriac Christianity through the peaceful years of Constantine's patronage, the years of persecution after 361 under Emperor Julian, and the conflict between Persians and Romans which ultimately forced Ephrem to move to Edessa where he stayed until his death in 373. It was as a poet that Ephrem made his greatest impact. Writing in isosyllabic verses called madrashe, he attained a literary brilliance that won him a place of prominence not only in his own tradition, but also in the Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Arabic traditions as well. His hymns, praised in the West by Jerome, had a formative influence on the development of medieval religious drama in Europe. Blending Greek forms with his native style, he wove a highly crafted poetry of rich symbolism, attempting to fit the events of his day into a cosmic framework of God's redemptive act in Christ. Ephrem's combination of elements of Stoicism and Middle Platonism with Christian belief in a form reminiscent of the great second century apologists produced a corpus that speaks of his own literary genius and even more eloquently of the majesty and beauty of the divine source of all true poetry. Here, in a fresh and lively translation, are the Hymns on the Nativity, Hymns Against Julian, and the Hymns on Virginity and the Symbols of the Lord in which that voice may be heard closely and appreciated, wondered at, and enjoyed.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
A Tribute of Affection to the Memory of…
Albert Cole Paperback R562 Discovery Miles 5 620
Advanced Calculus
David V. Widder Hardcover R1,048 R910 Discovery Miles 9 100
Statutory Interpretation - An…
Christo Botha Paperback R591 R553 Discovery Miles 5 530
Parameter Estimation and Inverse…
Richard C Aster, Brian Borchers, … Paperback R2,312 Discovery Miles 23 120
Illinois Appellate Court Unpublished…
Illinois Appellate Court Paperback R579 Discovery Miles 5 790
Everyday Applied Geophysics 2…
Nicolas Florsch, Frederic Muhlach, … Hardcover R2,473 R2,333 Discovery Miles 23 330
CSB Lifeway Women's Bible Indexed…
Leather / fine binding R1,855 R1,499 Discovery Miles 14 990
The Married Homosexual Man - A…
Michael W. Ross Hardcover R2,894 Discovery Miles 28 940
Die Bybel
Paperback  (1)
R161 Discovery Miles 1 610
The Western Movie Quiz Book (hardback)
Graeme Ross Hardcover R823 Discovery Miles 8 230

 

Partners