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Ephrem the Syrian’s hymn On the Crucifixion 4
Submitted: 22 April 2015 | Published: 18 September 2015
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Philippus (Phil) J. Botha, Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, South AfricaAbstract
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.
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