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All but unknown outside the Syrian tradition, Ephrem's rich theology of symbol, asceticism, and prayer amply deserves to stand beside his more famous Greek contemporaries.
A book to transform our thinking about theology.The Living Church
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ContentsPREFACE1. INTRODUCTION 13Saint Ephrem as a Meeting Point between East and West 13Life 15Writings 17Ephrem’s Triple Heritage 18Mode of Procedure 212. SAINT EPHREM’S THEOLOGICAL APPROACH 23The Poet as Theologian 23Some Basic Concepts and Themes 25Creator-Creation 25The Hidden and the revealed 27The Primacy of Faith 29The Two Times 29The One and the Many 30The Pattern of Salvation 31Free Will 34The Value of the Body 36Imagery 38The Divinity as Fire 38Clothing 39Conception and Birthgiving 39The Eye, Light and Mirror 39Medical Imagery 40Other Images 40The Three Modes of Divine Self-revelation 40The Prerequisites for Theological Enquiry 43The Interpretation of Scripture 463. THE LADDER OF SYMBOLS: DIVINE DESCENT 53Types and Symbols 53The Garment of ‘Names’ 604. THE LADDER OF SYMBOLS: HUMAN ASCENT 67The Initial Response 67The Luminous Eye 71Symbols Perceived 795. THE ROBE OF GLORY 85The Primordial Robe 86The Recovery of the Robe 87The Baptism of Christ and Christian Baptism 90The Wedding Garment 946. THE MEDICINE OF LIFE 99The Medicine of Life 99The Coal of Fire 103The Pearl 106Incarnation and Epiclesis 1087. THE BRIDAL CHAMBER OF THE HEART 115Israel as the Betrothed 116The Church as Bride 122Mary as Bride 126The Bridal Chamber of the Heart 1278. THE ASCETIC IDEAL: SAINT EPHREM AND PROTO-MONASTICISM 131Syrian ‘Proto-monasticism’: A Forgotten 131Tradition Motivation 1399. SAINT EPHREM AMONG THE FATHERS 143Saint Ephrem and the Greek Fathers 143Saint Ephrem and the Cappadocian Fathers 145Divinization (theosis) 148Saint Ephrem and Later Monastic Tradition 15410. SAINT EPHREM TODAY 159Saint Ephrem as a Representative of Asian Christianity 159Poetry as a Vehicle for Theology 160The Interpretation of Scripture within the Context of Faith 161Saint Ephrem’s Ecological Vision 164The Role of the Feminine 168Conclusion 172NOTES 175SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 183INDEXES 195Biblical References 195Passages in Ephrem 197Syriac and Greek Writers 202Names and Subjects 204Greek, Hebrew, and Syriac Terms 208
