▁a ▁he pt os yll ab ic ▁couple ts ▁( p airs ▁of ▁lines ▁of ▁seven ▁sy ll ables ▁each ). ▁ ▁The ▁third ▁category ▁of ▁E ph rem ' s ▁writ ings ▁is ▁his ▁pro se ▁work . ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁bib lic al ▁comment ary ▁on ▁the ▁Di at ess aron ▁( the ▁single ▁g ospel ▁harm ony ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁Sy ri ac ▁church ), ▁the ▁Sy ri ac ▁original ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁His ▁Comment ary ▁on ▁Gen esis ▁and ▁Ex od us ▁is ▁an ▁ex eg esis ▁of ▁Gen esis ▁and ▁Ex od us . ▁Some ▁fragments ▁exist ▁in ▁Armen ian ▁of ▁his ▁comment aries ▁on ▁the ▁Act s ▁of ▁the ▁Apost les ▁and ▁Paul ine ▁Ep ist les . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁ref ut ations ▁against ▁B ard ais an , ▁Man i , ▁Mar cion ▁and ▁others . ▁ ▁E ph rem ▁is ▁attributed ▁with ▁writing ▁h agi ograph ies ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Life ▁of ▁Saint ▁Mary ▁the ▁Har lot , ▁though ▁this ▁credit ▁is ▁called ▁into ▁question . ▁ ▁E ph rem ▁wrote ▁exclus ively ▁in ▁the ▁Sy ri ac ▁language , ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁dialect ▁of ▁middle ▁Ar ama ic , ▁but ▁transl ations ▁of ▁his ▁writ ings ▁exist ▁in ▁Class ical ▁Armen ian , ▁Co ptic , ▁Old ▁Georg ian , ▁Ko ine ▁Greek ▁and ▁other ▁languages . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁works ▁are ▁only ▁ext ant ▁in ▁translation ▁( part icular ly ▁in ▁Armen ian