The Syriac Book of Steps 1: Syriac Text and English Translation

The Syriac Book of Steps collects 30 memre by an anonymous late 4th century author in Persia. It describes the struggle of an actual Christian community, not an idealized one, to live a life in the pursuit of perfection in the midst of a hostile culture. The author details the aspirations and standa...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press [2009]
Series:Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 1
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
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Summary:The Syriac Book of Steps collects 30 memre by an anonymous late 4th century author in Persia. It describes the struggle of an actual Christian community, not an idealized one, to live a life in the pursuit of perfection in the midst of a hostile culture. The author details the aspirations and standards of the two ranks of Christians prior to the advent of monasticism: the Upright-married people who work and perform acts of charity-and the Perfect who are celibate, do not work, but live a life of prayer, wandering through the region teaching and mediating conflicts
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 10. Jan 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (231 pages)
ISBN:9781463214852
DOI:10.31826/9781463214852

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