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Flourishing from the inland cities of Syria down through the Tigris and Euphrates valley, Syriac speakers in late antiquity created a new and often brilliant expression of Christian culture. Although the origins of their traditions are notoriously difficult to trace, authors of fourth-century Syrian communities achieved sophisticated forms of expression whose content little resembles the Christian culture of their neighbors to the west. From the fourth through the seventh centuries they achieved religious works of great beauty and complexity. Increasing interest in Syriac Christianity has prompted recent translations and studies. To Train His Soul in Books explores numerous aspects of this rich religious culture, extending previous lines of scholarly investigation and demonstrating the activity of Syriac-speaking scribes and translators busy assembling books for the training of biblical interpreters, ascetics, and learned clergy. Befitting an intensely literary culture, it begins with the development of Syriac poetry--the genre beloved by Ephrem and other, anonymous authors. It considers the long tradition of Aramaic and Syriac words for the chronic condition of sin, and explores the dimensions of the immense work of Syriac translators with a study of the Syriac life of Athanasius. Essays consider the activity of learned ascetics, with a proposal of the likely monastic origin of the Apocalypse of Daniel; the goal and concept of renunciation; and the changes rung by Syriac-speaking ascetics on the daily reality of housekeeping. Also included in the volume are two essays on the influence of Syriac literary culture on Greek traditions, and in turn ascetic life. Finally, an original poem in Syriac demonstrates the continuing vitality of this culture, both in its homeland and in the Diaspora. These essays seek to extend and honor the work of renowned scholar and pillar of the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages at the Catholic University of America, Sidney H. Griffith.

Asceticism --- Syrian Church --- History --- Ephraem, --- Syrian churches --- Eastern churches --- Afrām, --- Afrem, --- Aphrem, --- Aprem, Mar, --- Effrem, --- Efrem, --- Ephraem Syrus, --- Ephraim, --- Ephrem, --- Éphrem, --- Epʻrem, --- Epʻrem Khori, --- Epʻrem Khuri, --- Ifram, --- Ifrām, --- Афрем, --- Ефрем, --- افرام، --- History. --- 248*318 --- 276 =923 A/Z --- 276 =923 A/Z Syrische patrologie: over auteurs,--alfabetisch --- Syrische patrologie: over auteurs,--alfabetisch --- 248*318 Syrische, Chaldeeuwse spiritualiteit --- Syrische, Chaldeeuwse spiritualiteit --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum --- Asceticism - History - Early church, ca 30-600 --- Syrian Church - History --- Monachisme syriaque --- Ephraem, - Syrus, Saint, - 303-373

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In Stanzaic Syntax in the Madrashe of Ephrem the Syrian , which focuses on madrāšê V and VI in the Paradise cycle, Paul S. Stevenson looks at Ephrem’s poetic art from the point of view of a linguist. This study goes beyond the traditional levels of analysis, the clause and the sentence, and examines the structure of whole stanzas as units. The result is a surprisingly rich tapestry of syntactic patterning, which can justly be considered the key to Ephrem’s prosody. The driving force behind Ephrem’s poetry turns out not to be meter or sound play, but a variety of syntactic templates, which include even vertical patterning of constituents.

276 =923 EPHRAEM SYRUS --- Syrische patrologie--EPHRAEM SYRUS --- Ephraem, --- Syriac poetry --- Syriac language --- Style --- Syntax --- Language --- Literary style --- Syriac poetry. --- Semitic languages, Northwest --- Aramaic language --- Syriac literature --- Style. --- Syntax. --- Afrām, --- Afrem, --- Aphrem, --- Aprem, Mar, --- Effrem, --- Efrem, --- Ephraem Syrus, --- Ephraim, --- Ephrem, --- Éphrem, --- Epʻrem, --- Epʻrem Khori, --- Epʻrem Khuri, --- Ifram, --- Ifrām, --- Афрем, --- Ефрем, --- افرام، --- Language. --- Literary style. --- Syriac language - Style --- Syriac language - Syntax --- Ephraem, - Syrus, Saint, - 303-373 - Language --- Ephraem, - Syrus, Saint, - 303-373 - Literary style --- Ephraem, - Syrus, Saint, - 303-373

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This volume is the first full-length study of penthos (tears of contrition) since Hausherr's in 1944. It traces its exposition in the early eastern Christian tradition, through detailed analysis of Greek and Syriac texts by Klimakos, Ephrem, Isaac and Symeon the New Theologian. It suggests why such weeping is, for these writers, a joyful as well as a sobering experience, and it places their writings in their historical and geographical context, giving some lexicographical background. Issues of religious anthropology, and the unusual choice of a female exegete in the person of the 'sinful woman' (Luke 7.36-50) are considered. The conclusion points the way to an appropriate theological interpretation of these teachings and highlights modern, non-monastic examples of joy-bearing, penitent grief.

Repentance --- Crying --- Fathers of the church, Greek --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- Religious aspects --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- Doctrines --- History --- Fathers of the church [Greek ] --- Fathers of the church [Syriac ] --- Greek church fathers --- Griekse kerkvaders --- Kerkvaders [Griekse ] --- Kerkvaders [Syrische ] --- Pères de l'Eglise grecs --- Pères de l'Eglise syriaques --- 276 =923 --- Syrische patrologie --- Fathers of the church, Syriac --- Attrition --- Contrition --- Penitence --- Sin --- Penance --- Syriac Fathers of the church --- Greek fathers of the church --- Weeping --- Emotions --- Nonverbal communication --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity&delete& --- History. --- Repentance - Christianity - History of doctrines --- Crying - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines --- Fathers of the church, Greek. --- History of doctrines. --- Fathers of the church, Syriac.