Treasure-house of Mysteries

by Sebastian Brock (Translator)

Overview

Popular Patristics Series Volume 45

Why was Cain's sacrifice rejected, but Abel's accepted? How did Joseph react when he came home and found Mary with child? Questions such as these served as the starting points for St Ephrem and other poets of the early Syriac tradition in these lively and highly imaginative poems where they explore the deeper spiritual meanings of the biblical text with great insight.

Written with considerable verve, these narrative poems and dramatic dialogues offer the modern reader an unusual and refreshing perspective on some key passages in the Bible.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162714897
Publisher:	St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Publication date:	02/27/2020
Series:	Popular Patristics Series , #45
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Sebastian Brock is Emeritus Reader in Syriac Studies in the University of Oxford, and an Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He also translated St Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns on Paradise, PPS10.