St. Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns On Paradise

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St Ephrem the Syrian’s cycle of 15 Hymns on Paradise offers a fine example of Christian poetry, in which the creator weaves a profound theological synthesis around a particular Biblical narrative. Centered on Genesis 2 and 3, he expresses his awareness of the sacramental character of the created world, and of the possibility of everything in the created world to act as a witness and pointer to the author. God’s two witnesses, says Ephrem, are: ‘Nature, through man’s use of it, [and] Scripture, through his reading it.” In his writing, Ephrem posits an inherent link between the material and non secular worlds. St Ephrem’s mode of theological discussion is essentially Biblical and Semitic in character. He uses types and symbols to express connections or relationships to ‘reveal’ something that may be another way ‘hidden,’ particularly expressing meanings between the Old Testament and the New, between this world and the heavenly, between the New Testament and the sacraments, and between the sacraments and the eschaton. Because his theology isn’t tied to a particular cultural or philosophical background, but operates by way of imagery and symbolism basic to all human experience, his theological vision expressed in his hymns has a freshness and immediacy today that few other theological works from the early Christian period can hope to succeed in. the Holy Mountain. Hymns on Paradise is a part of the POPULAR PATRISTIC SERIES.

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