Songs for the Fast and Pascha WFH Alizadeh's story cleverly parallels the

Alizadeh's story cleverly parallels the Islamic Revolution in Iran and offers an intimate portrait of both young ideologues-turned-tyrants and jaded women whose hope for change slowly fades

He was widely recognized for the depth and breadth of his learning in the philo-sophical disciplines as well as in the study of God

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Songs for the Fast and Pascha WFH Alizadeh's story cleverly parallels theAmong the writers of the Syriac Christian tradition, none is as renowned as St. Ephrem of Nisibis (ca. 307 373), known to much of the later Christian world simply as "the Syrian." The great majority of Ephrem's works are poetry, with the madrase ("teaching songs") especially prominent. This volume presents English translations of four complete madrase cycles of Ephrem: On the Fast, On the Unleavened Bread, On the Crucifixion, and On the Resurrection.