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Distributed for Brigham Young University

Edited by Sebastian P. Brock and George A. Kiraz

Ephrem the Syrian

Select Poems

Edited and with an Introduction and notes by Sebastian P. Brock and George A. Kiraz
283 pages,  6 x 9 
Series: BYU - Eastern Christian Texts

Cloth $39.95

ISBN: 9780934893657   Published January 2007

Abbreviations
General Introduction
Text 1: On Reading the Paradise Narrative (Par. 5)
Text 2: On Human Language about God (Fid. 31)
Text 3: The Symbols Depicted by Noah in the Ark (Fid. 49)
Text 4: The Paradox of Mary's Birthgiving (Nat. 11)
Text 5: Mary's Invitation to Everyone (Nat. 17)
Text 6: Mary and Eve as the World's Tow Eyes (Eccl. 37)
Text 7: Christ as Light in Mary and in the Jordan (Eccl. 36)
Text 8: The Paradoxes of the Incarnation (Res. 1)
Text 9: On the Fall (Ieiun. 3)
Text 10: Eyes that are Blind and Eyes that are Opened (Ieiun. 6)
Text 11: The Two Lambs Compared (Azym. 3)
Text 12: Christ, the New Passover Lamb (Cruc. 2)
Text 13: Satan's Complaint (Nis. 41)
Text 14: A Disputation between Death and Satan (Nis. 53)
Text 15: Joy at the Resurrection (Res. 2)
Text 16: Oil and Its Symbols (Virg. 7)
Text 17: The Mysteries of the Eucharist (Fid. 10)
Text 18: The Eucharistic Marriage Feast (Fid. 14)
Text 19: Nisibis under Siege in Comparison with Noah's Ark (Nis. 1)
Text 20: The Pearl and Its Symbolism (Fid. 82)
Appendix 1: Main Editions and English Translations of Ephrem's Works
Appendix 2: Index of Qale Employed in the Present Collection
Bibliography
Index of Scripture Citations
Index of Names
Subjects



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