TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Ephraem,
AU  - Hartung,Blake
AU  - Falconer,Joshua
AU  - Walters,J.Edward
TI  - Songs for the Fast and Pascha
T2  - The fathers of the church
SN  - 9780813235738
AV  - PJ5671.E7 A2 2022
U1  - 242.3 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The Catholic University of America Press
KW  - Christian poetry, Syriac
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Hymns, Syriac
KW  - Devotional literature (Christian)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Abbreviations -- Select Bibliography -- INTRODUCTION / by Blake Hartung -- TEACHING SONGS ON THE HOLY FAST  / Translated by Joshua Falconer -- TEACHING SONGS ON THE CRUCIFIXION / Translated by Blake Hartung -- TEACHING SONGS ON THE  RESURRECTION / Translated by Blake Hartung -- TEACHING SONGS ON THE UNLEAVENED BREAD  / Translated by J. Edward Walters -- INDICES:  General Index -- Index of Holy Scripture
N2  - "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"--
ER  -