Songs for the Fast and Pascha

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Title
"Songs for the Fast and Pascha"
Statement of Responsibility
St. Ephrem the Syrian ; translated by Joshua Falconer, Blake Hartung, and J. Edward Walters
Publisher
  • Catholic University of America Press
Publication Year
  • c2022
Book size
22 cm
Other Title
  • Poems

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Notes

"J. Edward Walters' revised translation of the Teaching songs on the unleavened bread is printed in this volume by the kind cooperation of Gorgias Press"--T.p. verso

Summary: "The ancient author of these poems (teaching songs) is St. Ephrem the Syrian (ca. 307-373), a native of the city of Nisibis in Mesopotamia, who became the Christian bishop of Edessa (Urfa in modern Turkey). The original language is classical Syriac. This volume presents English translations of four complete cycles of St. Ephrem's teaching songs: On the Holy Fast, On the Unleavened Bread, On the Crucifixion, and On the Resurrection. These liturgically oriented songs provide information about the celebration of Lent and Easter (Pascha) in the Syriac-speaking churches of northern Mesopotamia in the fourth century. Also they represent some of the oldest surviving poetry composed for these liturgical seasons, expressing ancient Christian theology in symbolic language that is rich in biblical allusions"--Provided by publisher

Translated from Classical Syriac

Bibliography: p. xi-xvi

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