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Syriac idiosyncrasies : theology and hermeneutics in early Syriac literature / by Serge Ruzer, Aryeh Kofsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruzer, Serge.
- Series:
- Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 11.
- Jerusalem studies in religion and culture, 1570-078X ; v. 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mʻarat gaze.
- Syrian churches--Doctrines--History.
- Syrian churches.
- Christian literature, Early--Syriac authors--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The study of early Syriac Christianity has for decades been steadily expanding, yet its scope still lags way behind that of research relating to Greek and Latin Christianity. One of the intriguing and understudied topics here is the nature of Syriac Christianity's autonomous identity in late antiquity. This question is intrinsically connected to its genesis from an indigenous Christian Aramaic background as well as its interaction with the neighboring Jewish milieu. This volume unearthes some of the idiosyncracies -- mainly pertaining to trinitarian theology, christology and hermeneutics -- to be found in early Syriac literature before the onslaught of Greek hegemony. The idiosyncrasies analyzed here offer new insights into the nature of that peculiar brand of early Christianity, confirming a model of an indigenous early Syriac tradition gradually entering into a dynamic interaction with Greek influence.
- Contents:
- Aphrahat : a witness of pre-Nicene Syrian theology
- Ephrem on justice, free will and divine mercy in the story of the Fall
- Liber graduum : the heavenly garden of ascetic delights
- The cave of treasures : calvary versus earthly paradise
- Philoxenus of Mabbug : hermeneutics of incarnation
- Appendix : the old Syriac gospels : textual authority and hermeneutics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-95275-7
- 9786612952753
- 90-04-19111-9
- OCLC:
- 700514592
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004184985.i-196 DOI
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