TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brock,Sebastian P.
TI  - The Holy Spirit in the Syrian Baptismal Tradition
T2  - Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
SN  - 9781593338442
U1  - 234/.161 
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ABBREVIATIONS --; METHOD OF CITATION --; 1. INTRODUCTION --; 2. THE SYMBOLS OF THE SPIRIT --; 3. THE SOURCES --; 4. THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT --; 5. THE INVOCATIONS TO THE SPIRIT --; 6. THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE EUCHARIST --; 7. THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MARY --; 8. BAPTISM AS PENTECOST --; APPENDIX 1. THE TRANSITION TO A POST-BAPTISMAL ANOINTING IN THE ANTIOCHENE RITE --; APPENDIX 2. THE HOLY SPIRIT AS FEMININE IN EARLY SYRIAC LITERATURE --; INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES --; INDEX OF SYRIAC PASSAGES QUOTED IN TRANSLATION --; INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, SELECT TERMS --; INDEX OF MODERN SCHOLARS; restricted access
N2  - A sensitive and evocative treatment of the role of the Holy Spirit in worship. With a keen awareness of the tradition of Syrian Christianity, Brock begins his exploration with the role of the Holy Spirit in the Syriac Bible. A striking aspect of this tradition is the imagery used for the Spirit, including: compassionate mother, fire, olive oil, as well as the more common image of dove. Brock also summarizes commentaries and other literature on the baptismal rite, touching on Syriac literature and works translated from the Greek
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463214425
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