‘Taken to the Lord’: Did Pseudo-Ephraem Really Teach the Rapture?

‘Taken to the Lord’: Did Pseudo-Ephraem Really Teach the Rapture?Journal of Early Christian HistorySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/QXDFWCXP/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MargaretMollett‘Taken to the Lord’: Did Pseudo-Ephraem Really Teach the Rapture?http://syriaca.org/cbss/QXDFWCXPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/QXDFWCXPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/QXDFWCXPJournal of Early Christian History6:1201659-77The so-called Rapture remains a controversial subject. The main debate revolves around the doctrine of John Darby (1800–1882) who taught that Christ would transfer the church to heaven in a secret coming. Was this his own invention or had it already been taught in early Christianity, only to be recovered in later centuries? Dispensationalists Tim LaHaye, Thomas ice and Grant Jeffrey (d. 2012) claim that a sermon teaching the Rapture originated in the fourth century C.E. It was delivered by the church father Ephraem of Nisibis, but was Published soon after in the name of Pseudo-Ephraem. However, the fact that the Apocalypse of Ephraem of Nisibis was replicated centuries later by Pseudo-Ephraem has led to confusion about identities of the two persons and the dating of the manuscript. In addressing the question of the authorship of the sermon, this article examines the political and religious milieu and mind-set of Ephraem of Nisibis and Pseudo-Ephraem respectively within late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Mollett, Margaret. “‘Taken to the Lord’: Did Pseudo-Ephraem Really Teach the Rapture?” Journal of Early Christian History 6:1 (2016): 59–77. Margaret Mollett, ‘Taken to the Lord’: Did Pseudo-Ephraem Really Teach the Rapture?, Journal of Early Christian History 6:1 (2016): 59–77.EphremEphremiana [Syriac]IV CEIV-VII CEPseudo-Ephremeschatologymillenarism