Ephrem the Syrian is one of the most prolific authors of the Syriac tradition and is likely the most well known of all Syriac authors outside of Syriac studies. Ephrem’s writings were highly influential in the development of a distinctive Syriac form of Christianity, both distinct from and in conversation with the Greek tradition. At the end of the nineteenth-century, Thomas J. Lamy published one of the most extensive collections of Eprhem’s works, including the Syriac text and a Latin translation. Due to the large number of writings attributed to Ephrem, the work was published in four volumes.