Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Botha, Philippus J.

Titel

Ephrem the Syrian's hymn On the Crucifixion 4

Ist Teil von

• Hervormde teologiese studies, 2015-09, Vol.71 (3), p.1-8

Ort / Verlag

Pretoria: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article offers a translation of the hymn De Crucifixione 4 by Ephrem, the Syrian theologian, which forms part of his cycle of hymns for the celebration of Easter. The symbolic interpretation of particularly the tearing of the temple veil in this hymn - together with the cosmic signs which occurred at the death of Jesus - is investigated. An attempt is made to correlate Ephrem's fierce anti-Jewish polemics with the intentions of the authors of the Synoptic Gospels and with Ephrem's circumstances at the probable time of composition of the hymn.