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Breaking the Mind: New Studies in the Syriac Book of Steps (Studies In Early Christianity)
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Hardcover. This collection of sixteen new critical essays offers fresh persepectives on the Book of Steps, adding greater detail and depth to our understanding of the works intriguing picture of early Syriac asceticism as practiced within the life of a local church and community. Editor(s): Heal, Kristian S; Kitchen, Robert A. Series: Cua Studies in Early Christianity. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRAX; HRCR; HRCX; HRLP7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 698.
Among the earliest writings in Syriac literature is the collection of 30 memre or discourses entitled the Book of Steps or Liber Graduum, mostly probably written in the late fourth century inside the Persian Empire (modern Iraq). The author, who deliberately withheld his name, wrote extensively on the spiritual life and exploits of two groups of committed Christians - the upright and the perfect- that flourished in a period prior to the development of monasticism. Deeply immersed in the exegesis of the Bible as a means of defining and guiding an ascetical lifestyle, the author defends celibacy, absolute poverty, the ... Read more
Among the earliest writings in Syriac literature is the collection of 30 memre or discourses entitled the Book of Steps or Liber Graduum, mostly probably written in the late fourth century inside the Persian Empire (modern Iraq). The author, who deliberately withheld his name, wrote extensively on the spiritual life and exploits of two groups of committed Christians - the upright and the perfect- that flourished in a period prior to the development of monasticism. Deeply immersed in the exegesis of the Bible as a means of defining and guiding an ascetical lifestyle, the author defends celibacy, absolute poverty, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Series
Cua Studies in Early Christianity
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813221663
SKU
V9780813221663
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About
Kristian S. Heal is director, Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, Brigham Young University. Robert A. Kitchen is minister of Knox-Metropolitan United Church, Regina, Saskatchewan.
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