Saint Ephrem — singer of the word of God

Saint Ephrem — Singer of the Word of God The article of the leading specialist in Syrian Studies considers some interesting biographical information about St. Ephrem the Syrian, as well as his methodology in describing the mysterious God manifested in the Revelation. St. Ephrem’s method, which he applies to interpretating the Holy Scripture in order to extract from it spiritual and mysterious meaning, is investigated. The article analyzes some fragments of the Holy Father’s own poetic work, which serve as peculiar interpretation of the sacred history events. The extracts have been translated from Syriac by Sebastian P. Brock.