Commentary on Genesis

Written about 363 to 373, perhaps in Edessa (now Şanlıurfa, Turkey). The date is disputed or rests on weak evidence.

A plain commentary on the first book of the Bible.

Commentary · first written in Syriac · a major work

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How we know the date and place

Date written not sure: Mathews and Amar, St Ephrem the Syrian: Selected Prose Works (1994): the Edessa years
Place written not sure: Mathews and Amar (1994)