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Social Values and textual strategy in Ephrem the Syrian’s sixth hymn on the fast

Abstract The sixth hymn in Ephrem the Syrian’s cycle De Ieiunio is analysed structurally, poetically and socio-critically to determine in what way it was supposed to function as a means of communication. The social values of salvation, health, wealth and honour are among the most important qualities that seem to have determined human behaviour in the audience the hymn was composed for.