Songs for the Fast and Pascha

by St Ephrem the Syrian

Among the writers of the Syriac Christian tradition, none is as renowned as St. Ephrem of Nisibis (ca. 307?373), known to much of the later Christian world simply as "the Syrian." The great majority of Ephrem's works are poetry, with the madr??? ("teaching songs") especially prominent. This volume presents English translations of four complete madr??? cycles of Ephrem: On the Fast, On the Unleavened Bread, On the Crucifixion , and On the Resurrection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813235731
• ISBN13: 9780813235738
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.5"