Ephrem - ܐܦܪܝܡ
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“Deacon, poet, and theologian.”1
Names
- ܐܦܪܝܡ5, 6, 8
- Ephrem
- ܐܲܦܪܹܝܡ5
- ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ4
- ܡܳܪܝ ܐܰܦܪܶܝܡ4
- مار افرام الملفان السرياني3
- Ephrem of Edessa
- Éphrem d’Édesse8
- SAINT ÉPHREM9
- Saint Ephrem
- Ap(h)rem16
- Ephraim7
- Ephrem1
- Ephrem8
- Éphrem8
- St. Ephraim the Syrian2
- ʾAfrēm8
Death
373
Sex
male9
Notes
“Deacon, poet, and theologian.”1
In hagiography: Ephrem is commemorated as
a doctor of the church and theologian. Ephrem's ecclesiastical career was
based mainly in Nisibis and Edessa. He was the author of hymns, homilies, and prose.
His fourth-century writings are remembered as a "golden age" of Syriac
literature. His vita as recounted in hagiography differs greatly from
historical accounts. One vita transforms him into a Byzantine monk, which is
nevertheless a tribute to his importance in both the Syriac and Byzantine
Greek churches.
Saint Ephrem is celebrated by the Syrians
on January 28.
The bibliography
on Ephrem is immense.
Status: draft
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See Also
Works Cited
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- 1 S. P. Brock,Ephrem,inThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 145-147.
- 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum,The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 9, p: 229.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم,كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus
Verlag, 1987), p: 196.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ
ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ
ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag,
1991), p: 218.
- 5 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ
ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ
ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), p: 69.
- 6 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: III, p: 61., vol: III, p: 61.
- 7 Sergey Minov, ed.,A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Ephraim, Ephrem.
- 8 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne,Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 176, 345, 346, 347, 348, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359,
360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376,
377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393,
394, 395, 396, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 728, 729, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799,
800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 815, 816, 817,
818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834,
908, 996, 999, 1063, 1140, 1141, 1255, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1340, 1466, 1517, 1539,
1742, 1743, 1759, 1760, 1773, 1774, 1786, 1813, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830,
1945, 1985, 1988, 1996, 95, 96, 788, 789, 1158, 1892, 1593, 1255, 244.
- 9 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 147.
- 10 Kees den Biesen,Bibliography of Ephrem the Syrian (Giove in Umbria: [the author], 2002)
- 11 Bernard Outtier,Saint Éphrem d’après Ses Biographies et Ses Œuvres,Parole de l’Orient 4:1-2 (1973): 11–33, p: 12-53.
- 12 Joseph Phillip Amar,Byzantine Ascetic Monasticism and Greek Bias in the Vita Tradition of Ephrem the Syrian,”Orientalia Christiana Periodica 58:1-2 (1992): 123–56, p: 123-58.
- 13 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Nisibe, Métropole Syriaque Orientale et Ses Suffragants Des Origines à Nos Jours, CSCO 388, Subs. 54 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1977), p: 123-35.
- 14 Sebastian P. Brock,The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1992)
- 15 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII,Bibliotheca sanctorum, 13 vols. (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense,
1961), vol: IV, p: 944-49.
- 16 Anton Baumstark,Geschichte Der Syrischen Literatur, Mit Ausschluss Der Christlich-Palästinensischen
Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1922), p: 31-52.
- 17 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina,Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum,
1965), section: 18.
- 18 Rubens Duval,La Littérature Syriaque, Troisième Edition, Anciennes Littératures Chrétiennes 2 (Paris: Librairie Victor
Lecoffre, 1907), https://archive.org/details/lalittraturesy00duva, p: 329-335.
- 19 J.S. Assemani,De Scriptoribus Syris Orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), p: 24-164.
- 20 J.-B. Chabot,Littérature Syriaque, Bibliothèque Catholique Des Sciences Religieuses (Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), p: 25-30.
- 21 William Wright,A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: A. and C. Black, 1894), p: 33-37.
- 22 Sebastian P. Brock,A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature, Mōrān ’Eth’ō 9 (Baker Hill, Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute,
1997), p: 16-22.
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- Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
- German data entry by Samer Khader
- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
- Editing, document design, data architecture, encoding, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
- Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts, addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH, matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, data merging, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
- GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
- Editing, Syriac name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
- Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
- Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
- Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
- Editorial oversight for GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry, and proofreading by Christopher Johnson
- GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry and proofreading by the Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
- Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
- Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne