“I Have No Other Hope But You”: Prayers to the Virgin Attributed to St Ephrem the Syrian

“I Have No Other Hope But You”: Prayers to the Virgin Attributed to St Ephrem the SyrianSt Vladimir’s Theological QuarterlySyriaca.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/TALB9MKN/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MaximosConstas“I Have No Other Hope But You”: Prayers to the Virgin Attributed to St Ephrem the Syrianhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/TALB9MKNhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/TALB9MKNhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/TALB9MKNSt Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly66:3-4202273-100The extensive Greek writings ascribed to St Ephrem the Syrian have been central reading in Byzantine monastic circles from at least the ninth century and probably much earlier. Around the same time, they were incorporated into the Church’s liturgical life and read aloud during Great Lent. Modern scholars place these writings under the name of “Ephrem graecus” (the “Greek Ephrem”), though they are not the work of a single author and were not composed at the same time. Among these writings are various prayers, and this article studies a group of eleven prayers addressed to the Theotokos. After a consideration of their theological themes and content, about half the prayers are restored to their original authors and/or provided with a <i>terminus post quem</i>. The manuscript tradition and the earliest printed editions transmitting these prayers are also considered. Constas, Maximos. “‘I Have No Other Hope But You’: Prayers to the Virgin Attributed to St Ephrem the Syrian.” St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 66:3-4 (2022): 73–100. Maximos Constas, ‘I Have No Other Hope But You’: Prayers to the Virgin Attributed to St Ephrem the Syrian, St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 66:3-4 (2022): 73–100.EphremEphremiana [Greek]MaryPseudo-EphremSyriac influence [Byzantine church]VII-XVIII CEprayerspirituality