Revision as of July 25
by MJ. Smith
Verse homilies with some hymns by early Christian writers
Author: MJ Smith
Ephrem the Syrian
c. 306–373; Syriac
- Ephrem the Syrian. Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns. Edited by Bernard McGinn, Translated by Kathleen E. McVey, Paulist Press, 1989.
- Schaff, Philip, and Henry Wace, editors. Gregory the Great (Part II), Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat. Christian Literature Company, 1898.
- St. Ephrem the Syrian. The Hymns on Faith. Translated by Jeffrey T. Wickes, vol. 130, The Catholic University of America Press, 2015.
- St. Ephrem the Syrian. St. Ephrem the Syrian: Songs for the Fast and Pascha. Translated by Joshua Falconer et al., vol. 145, The Catholic University of America Press, 2022.
- Ephrem the Syrian. Select Metrical Hymns and Homilies of Ephraem Syrus. Translated by Henry Burgess, Robert B. Blackader; Sampson Low, Son and Co.; Asher and Co., 1853.
- S. Ephrem the Syrian. Select Works of St. Ephrem the Syrian. Translated by J. B. Morris, John Henry Parker; F. and J. Rivington, 1847.
- Ephrem the Syrian. A Spiritual Psalter or Reflections on God. Translated by Isaac E. Lambertsen and Antonina Janda, The St. John of Kronstadt Press, 2004.
Studies
- Kalish, Kevin J. She Who Loved Much: The Sinful Woman in Saint Ephrem the Syrian and the Orthodox Tradition. Holy Trinity Publications, 2022.
- Saint-Laurent, Jeanne-Nicole Mellon.”St. Ephrem’s Mary: Icon of Wonder, Icon of Beauty” in Tkacz, Catherine Brown, and Douglas Kries. The Church and Her Scriptures: Essays in Honor of Patrick J. Hartin. Pickwick Publications, 2022.
Anthologies
Narsai of Nisibis
c. 399–c. 502; Church of the East
- Bishop, Edmund. The Liturgical Homilies of Narsai. Edited by J. Armitage Robinson, Translated by R. H. Connolly, No. 1, vol. 8, Cambridge at the University Press, 1909.
Studies
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Isaac of Antioch
probably several fifth- and sixth-century Syriac authors confused under one name
- Becker, Adam H. Isaac of Antioch: Homilies on Moral and Monastic Reform (Writings from the Greco-Roman World). SBL Press, 2024.
Studies
- Kitchen Robert A, and Peers, Glenn. ‘The Bird Who Sang the Trisagion’ of Isaac of Antioch: Becoming Parrot in a Late Antique Syriac Sermon (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature). Palgrave McMillan, 2024.
Anthologies
Jacob of Serugh
451–521; Syriac, associated with the Syriac Orthodox tradition
- Jacob of Serugh. Monalis: Progression of Homilty of Salvation. Translated by Rev. Awele Ilobah. JDM International Ministry 2021.
- Jacob of Serug. On the Mother of God. Translated by Mary Hansbury. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2011
- Jacob of Serugh. The Stanzaic Poems of Jacob of Serugh: A Collection of His Madroshe and Sughyotho (Texts from Christian Late Antiquity). Translated by Sebastian P. Brock. Gorgias Press. 2022.
Studies
- Forness, Philip Michael. Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: A Study of Jacob of Serugh (Oxford Early Christian Studies). Oxford University Press. 2019.
Anthologies
Romanos the Melodist
early sixth century; Byzantine Greek
- Mellas, Andrew with Saint Romanos the Melodist. Hymns of Repentance. Edited by John Behr, Translated by Andrew Mellas, vol. 61, St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2020.
Studies
Anthologies
Balai of Qenneshrin
early fifth century; Syriac
Studies
Anthologies
Anonymous Syriac poets attributed to Ephrem
fourth–sixth centuries and later
Studies
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