The Works of St. Ephrem the Syrian (6-volume set)

Begun by Peter Benedictus (Mobarak) and continued by Stephen Evodius Assemani, the great Roman edition of Ephrem’s works, based on Vatican manuscripts, was the result of the first major effort to publish the famous Syrian’s literary remains in large number. Volumes 1-3 contain the Syriac works with Latin translation, and volumes 4-6 contain works in Greek (and a small number in Latin) attributed to Ephrem, these too with Latin translation. This edition laid the foundation for further editions and translations of Ephrem’s works in Syriac by Overbeck, Bickell, Lamy, and others. While Ephrem’s Syriac corpus has been reedited more recently by Beck, this edition from a vital age of European Syriac scholarship remains worthy of study for its presentation and perspective. Scholars interested in Syriac literature and the history of its study in the west will be especially interested in this monumental edition.