Studies in the Religion and History of Early Christianity The Use of the Gospel Parables in the Writings of Aphrahat and Ephrem

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chapter 1 the parables ................1 the number of the parables ............................2 the witnesses of the syriac versions of the synoptics....................................6 the terms for a parable in the syriac.................7 chapter II the parables in aphrahat and ephrem ....................31 the children in the marketplace...............................39 the return of the evil spirit....................40 chapter III general conclutions and findings ...............................315 the understanding of the parables in aphrahat and ephrem ...............................315 Bibliography ..................................373