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The ladder of prayer and the ship of stirrings : the praying self in late antique east Syrian Christianity / by Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony.
Van Pelt Library BX177.15 .B58 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bitton-Ashkelony, Bruria, author.
- Series:
- Late antique history and religion ; 22.
- Late Antique History and Religion ; volume 22
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prayer--Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Prayer.
- Prayer--Oriental Orthodox churches.
- Self--Religious aspects--History--To 1500.
- Self.
- Syrian churches--Doctrines--History.
- Syrian churches.
- Syriac Christians--Religious life.
- Syriac Christians.
- Christian literature, Early--Syriac authors--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Fathers of the church, Syriac.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Self--Religious aspects.
- Syrian churches--Doctrines.
- Christian literature, Early--Syriac authors.
- Religious life.
- History.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 270 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Praying self in late antique east Syrian Christianity
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol, CT : Peeters, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Doubts about sacrifices, prayers, fate, and providence in the second- to fifth-century Mediterranean world produced new concepts of individual prayer for Christians and non-Christians alike. The Ladder of Prayer and the Ship of Stirrings explores the discourse on the praying self as an ascetic way of life, as an aspect of interiority, and as a path to the divine in Late Antique Eastern Christianity. It deals with the transposition of Greek ascetic literature -- mainly the writings of Evagrius Ponticus, Abba Isaiah, Mark the Monk, and the Apophthegmata patrum -- into East Syrian thought, and its assimilation with indigenous features. Specifically, the book probes the emergence of different sorts of prayer as a pivotal part of the profound religious shifts and cultural developments that unfolded in Late Antique Eastern Christianities. The chronological scope of this study ranges from the second- to fifth-century cultural world of sophists and philosophers, Iamblicus, Porphyry and Proclus, up to the East Syrian mystical authors in the fifth-eighth centuries, among them John of Apamea, Isaac of Nineveh, Dadisho' Qatraya, Shem'on d-Taybutheh, John of Dalyatha, and Joseph Hazzaya. The book presents how these figures incorporated this literary legacy into their teachings and melded it with indigenous Syriac spirituality."-- Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Doubts and Changes: Toward a New Discourse on Prayer in Late Antiquity
- 'For God is Silence and in Silence is He Sung': John of Apamea on Silent Prayer
- From Evagrius Ponticus' Pure Prayer to Isaac of Nineveh's Non-Prayer
- Dadisho' Qaṭraya: Scrutinizing the Self, Scrutinizing the Scriptures
- Shem'on d-Ṭaybutheh: 'Prayer in a Unifi ed Manner' and the Somatic Turn
- John of Dalyatha: Hidden Worship and Vanishing of the Self
- Joseph Hazzaya on the Ladder of Prayer, the Ship of Stirrings and the Helmsman of the Boat.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-253) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9789042939189
- 9042939184
- OCLC:
- 1117535300
- Publisher Number:
- 99984106129
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