Hymns on Paradise

Written about 340 to 363, perhaps in Nisibis (now Nusaybin, Turkey). The date is disputed or rests on weak evidence.

Fifteen hymns that picture Paradise as a mountain.

Hymn · first written in Syriac · a major work

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How we know the date and place

Date written not sure: Brock, Hymns on Paradise (1990): most likely of the Nisibis years
Place written not sure: Brock (1990): most likely written at Nisibis