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Breaking the mind : new studies in the Syriac "Book of steps" / edited by Kristian S. Heal and Robert A. Kitchen. - 1 online resource (xi, 350 pages) - CUA studies in early Christianity . - CUA studies in early Christianity. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339) and index.

The Romano-Persian frontier and the context of the Book of steps / Parallel paths : tracing Manichaean footprints along the Syriac Book of steps / The Book of steps on magic / A previously unknown reattributed fragment from Memra 16 of the Book of steps / A last disciple of the Apostles: the "Editor's preface, Rabbula's Rules, and the date of the Book of steps / Biblical exegesis in the Syriac Book of steps: a preliminary survey / Did the author of the Book of steps understand Paul? / A broken mind: the path to knowledge in the Book of steps / The perfect and perfection in the Book of steps / You are what you eat: dietary metaphors in the Syriac Book of steps / Falling from the path of perfection: sin in the Syriac Book of steps / Disturbed sinners: in pursuit of sanctity in the Book of steps / Marriage and sexuality in the Book of steps: from encratism to orthodoxy / "Hidden work" of the heart and spiritual progression in the Book of steps / Reading the ascetic ideal into Genesis 1-3: hermeneutic strategies in the Book of steps Memra 21 / Lowering in order to be raised, emptying in order to be filled: the ascetical system in the Book of steps / Columba Stewart -- Kristian S. Heal and Robert A. Kitchen -- Geoffrey Greatrex -- Timothy Pettipiece -- Martien Parmentier -- Grigory Kessel -- Kyle Smith -- René Roux -- Matthias Westerhoff -- J.W. Childers -- Pablo Argárate -- Kelli E. Bryant -- Tera Stidham Harmon -- Robert A. Kitchen -- Sergey Minov -- Thomas Kollamparampil -- Aryeh Kofsky and Serge Ruzer -- Jason Scully. By way of a preface / Introduction /

ISBN: 9780813221670 0813221676

Source: 22573/ctt5n4qjn JSTOR

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Liber Graduum.
Liber Graduum
Liber graduum

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian life--Early works to 1800.
Monasticism and religious orders--History.
Spirituality--History.
Syriac literature.
Vie chrétienne--Ouvrages avant 1800.
Monachisme et ordres religieux--Histoire.
Spiritualité--Histoire.
Littérature syriaque.
RELIGION--General.
RELIGION--Christianity--Orthodox.
Christian life
Monasticism and religious orders
Spirituality
Syriac literature

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Early works
History

LC Class. No.: BX177.15 / .N49 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 281/.5