An Ethiopic 'Homily on Peter' attributed to Ephrem

An edition, with English translation, is provided of an Ethiopic ‘Homily on Peter’, attributed to Ephrem the Syrian (d.373), which is uniquely attested in MS Ethio-SPaRe UM-046, fols 148v–151v. This Ethiopic homily ultimately goes back—undoubtedly via Arabic—to a Syriac stanzaic poem (soḡiṯā) re...

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Main Authors: Aaron Michael Butts, Ted Erho, Jonas Karlsson
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Language:deu
Published: Universität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-Institut 2025-05-01
Series:Aethiopica
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Online Access:https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/2309
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spelling doaj-art-dbd3b9cbf915415c943bb88a4fe07a942025-08-20T01:55:15ZdeuUniversität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-InstitutAethiopica1430-19382194-40242025-05-012710.15460/aethiopica.27.2309An Ethiopic 'Homily on Peter' attributed to EphremAaron Michael Butts0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2768-3863Ted Erho1Jonas Karlsson2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-4489University of HamburgUniversity of Hamburg and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenUniversity of Hamburg An edition, with English translation, is provided of an Ethiopic ‘Homily on Peter’, attributed to Ephrem the Syrian (d.373), which is uniquely attested in MS Ethio-SPaRe UM-046, fols 148v–151v. This Ethiopic homily ultimately goes back—undoubtedly via Arabic—to a Syriac stanzaic poem (soḡiṯā) recently edited by S. P. Brock. https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/2309SyriacEphremJacob of SerughTranslation
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Translation
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