The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem (Cistercian Studies, No 124)

Sebastian Brock is Reader in Syriac Studies in the University of Oxford, where he is also a Fellow of Wolfson College. He has written extensively on Syriac subjects and served on the translation panel which produced The Psalms: A New Translation for Worship (1977). He is a member of the Editorial Board of Sobornost/Eastern Churches Review, and is curator of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts at the Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham. Before taking up his present position, Dr. Brock taught in the Department of Theology at the University of Birmingham and in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Cambridge. By Sebastian Brock. Based On A Series Of Lectures Given By The Author At The Pontifical Oriental Institute In Rome, April 1984. Originally Published: Rome : Center For Indian And Inter-religious Studies, 1985. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. All but unknown outside the Syrian tradition, Ephrem's rich theology of symbol, asceticism, and prayer amply deserves to stand beside his more famous Greek contemporaries. The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian