Student

The goal of this thesis is to investigate whether or not the Hymns on the Unleavened Bread of Ephraim the Syrian and John Chrysostom’s First Homily Against the Jews had any anti-Semitic influence on the Syriac and Russian Orthodox Churches. Chapter 1 includes the following: background and statement of problem, thesis statement, purpose of the research, definition of terms, and whether or not the New Testament is anti-Semitic. Chapter 2 deals with the historical setting of the fourth century AD, and exegesis of the writings of Ephraim the Syrian and John Chrysostom. Chapter 3 concludes with answering the question of whether any influence from Ephraim and Chrysostom is positive or negative in the Hymns of the Unleavened Bread and First Homily Against the Jews.