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Ephrem the Syrian
| Person name | Ephrem the Syrian |
| Sex | Male |
| Birth date range | 306 - 306 |
| Death date range | 373 - 373 |
| Related places | Nisibis |
| Notes & references | Most famous Syriac author. Many works are wrongly attributed to him. |
Related external identifiers
| Authority | VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File |
| External Identifier | 100177778 |
Related manuscripts
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript | Saint-Mark's Monastery (Jerusalem), Ms. 168 |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript | Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate (Cairo, Egypt), COP. Theology 83 |
| Relationship date | 1746 - 1746 |
Related manuscript items
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | Homily on Palm Sunday |
| Relationship date | 1622 - 1622 |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | Testament of Ephrem |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | Discourse of St. Ephrem on Exile |
| Relationship date | 1678 - 1678 |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Discourses (memre) |
| Relationship date | 1581 - 1581 |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | Mar Ephrem on humility |
| Relationship date | 451 - 521 |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Memra of Mar Ephrem on the just Job |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Discourses (prayer) |
| Relationship date | 1743 - 1743 |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Rogation of the Ninevites |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Rogation of the Ninevites |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | Joseph |
| Relationship date | 1630 - 1630 |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | Last Judgement |
| Relationship date | 1743 - 1743 |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Sermo de reprehensione |
| Role | is believed (falsely) to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Cave of Treasures |
| Relationship date | 1569 - 1569 |
| Role | is cited |
| Manuscript item | Commentary on the Pentateuch |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Various psalms and hymns |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Homily in Syriac |
| Relationship date | 1575 - 1575 |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Memra on love of wisdom |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | The end of the world, the consummation, Gog and Magog, the false Christ |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | On humility and faith |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Beth Gazo, Ferialia (West Syrian office) |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Beth Gazo, Ferialia (West Syrian office) |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Beth Gazo, Ferialia (West Syrian office) |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Prayers in Turkish Karshuni, some attributed to Ephrem and Augustine |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Fenqitho, Book of homilies for the whole annual cycle by Mar Yaʿqūb the teacher |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Homilies of John Chrysostom |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Poem on fermentated bread and azymes by Ephrem, Ignatius of Antioch on Christ, the new leaven, Poem on life and corruptions by Bar ʿEbroyo |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Homilies on the deceased |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | On humility |
| Relationship date | 1583 - 1583 |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Poems by Ephrem the Syrian |
| Relationship date | 1583 - 1583 |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | Book of the rose (Warda) |
| Relationship date | 1685 - 1705 |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Priestly office |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | Selections from the discourses of Ephrem |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Discourses translated from Syriac into Arabic |
| Relationship date | 1573 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Memra of Mar Ephrem on questions concerning the end of the world that the apostles addressed to Christ |
| Relationship date | 1700 - 1750 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Memra of Mar Ephrem on the composition of the human body |
| Relationship date | 1700 - 1750 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Canons of the apostles and teachers |
| Relationship date | 1762 - 1805 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Apology against the Armenians |
| Relationship date | 1728 - 1728 |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Quotation on the Christian sacrifice by Mar Ephrem, and on the short stay of Adam in paradise |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Memra of Mar Ephrem on learning |
| Relationship date | 1607 - 1607 |
| Role | may be the author |
| Manuscript item | Anonymous couplet of a discourse on Joseph attributed to Ephrem |
| Role | is believed (falsely) to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Memra of Mar Ephrem on John, the man of God |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Treatise attributed to Mar Ephrem on how he believed in one nature in three persons and three persons in one nature |
| Role | is claimed to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Admonitions of Mar Ephrem |
| Relationship date | 1600 - 1699 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Memre on repentance attributed to Ephrem |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Memra on he who sits in stillness and on the path of righteousness by Mar Ephrem |
| Relationship date | 1450 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Acrostic memra on repentance attributed to Ephrem |
| Relationship date | 1775 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Memre attributed to Ephrem |
| Relationship date | 1702 - 1702 |
| Role | is believed (falsely) to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Treatise attributed to Ephrem on the miracles of St. Palladius |
| Relationship date | 1734 - 1734 |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Quotations from the fathers concerning the Book of Genesis |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Memra on Elijah attributed to Ephrem |
| Relationship date | 1677 - 1677 |
| Role | is believed (falsely) to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Treatise on the fight of the demons attributed to Ephrem |
| Relationship date | 1677 - 1677 |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Commentary on the Book of Genesis |
| Relationship date | 1803 - 1805 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Sughita of Mar Ephrem on repentance |
| Relationship date | 1775 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Memra of Mar Ephrem on a stranger |
| Relationship date | 1775 - 1805 |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Order of the lamp according to Syrians and Copts |
| Relationship date | 1707 - 1708 |
| Role | is believed (falsely) to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Sughita of Mar Ephrem |
| Relationship date | 1805 |
| Role | is claimed to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Prayer attributed to Mar Ephrem, that he said over himself |
| Relationship date | 1740 - 1775 |
| Role | is believed (falsely) to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Treatise on the deceitfulness of Satan, attributed to Ephrem |
| Relationship date | 1775 - 1805 |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Penitential and parenetical discourse attributed to Ephrem |
| Role | may be the author or believed to be the |
| Manuscript item | Prayer of Mar Ephrem |
| Relationship date | 1690 - 1730 |
| Role | is claimed to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Memra of Mar Ephrem on the structure [of the human being] |
| Relationship date | 1572 - 1572 |
| Role | is claimed to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Memra of Mar Ephrem on the end and the judgement |
| Role | is claimed to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Memra of Mar Ephrem on the end and the consummation |
| Relationship date | 1723 - 1723 |
| Role | is claimed to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Memra of the holy Mar Ephrem on the table |
| Relationship date | 1720 - 1790 |
| Role | is believed (falsely) to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Cave of treasures |
| Relationship date | 1572 - 1572 |
| Role | is the author |
| Manuscript item | Homilies of Mar Ephrem to John the Monk |
| Relationship date | 1568 - 1568 |
| Role | Is the subject |
| Manuscript item | Encomium of St. Ephrem by St. Gregory of Nyssa |
| Relationship date | 1708 - 1708 |
| Role | is the author of part of |
| Manuscript item | Abridgement of Mar Ephrem's discourse on transfiguration |
| Relationship date | 1746 - 1746 |
| Role | is believed (falsely) to be the author |
| Manuscript item | Exposition of the characteristics of God, one in essence, three in hypostases |
| Relationship date | 1576 - 1576 |
Related references
| Reference | Sebastian Brock et al, Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Gorgias: Piscataway, 2011). |
| Cited range | 145-6 |
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