Breaking the Mind / edited by Kristian S. Heal and Robert A. Kitchen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heal, Kristian S., editor of compilation.

Series:

Studies in Early Christianity

CUA studies in early Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liber Graduum.

Syriac literature.

Spirituality--History.

Spirituality.

Monasticism and religious orders--History.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Christian life--Early works to 1800.

Christian life.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of sixteen new critical essays offers fresh perspectives on the Book of Steps, adding greater detail and depth to our understanding of the work's intriguing picture of early Syriac asceticism as practiced within the life of a local church and community.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""By Way of a Preface - Columba Stewart""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1. The World Around the Book of Steps""; ""1. The Romano-Persian Frontier and the Context of the Book of Steps""; ""2. Parallel Paths: Tracing Manichaean Footprints along the Syriac Book of Steps""; ""3. The Book of Steps on Magic""; ""Part 2. The Text of the Book of Steps""; ""4. A Previously Unknown Reattributed Fragment from Memra 16 of the Book of Steps""; ""5. A Last Disciple of the Apostles: The “Editor�s� Preface, Rabbula�s Rules, and the Date of the Book of Steps""

""Part 3. Biblical Exegisis in the Book of Steps""""6. Biblical Exegesis in the Syriac Book of Steps: A Preliminary Survey""; ""7. Did the Author of the Book of Steps Understand Paul?""; ""Part 4. Theological Perspectives in the Book of Steps""; ""8. A Broken Mind: The Path to Knowledge in the Book of Steps""; ""9. The Perfect and Perfection in the Book of Steps""; ""10. You Are What You Eat: Dietary Metaphors in the Syriac Book of Steps""; ""11. Falling from the Path of Perfection: Sin in the Syriac Book of Steps""; ""Part 5. Practices of Asceticism in the Book of Steps""

""12. Disturbed Sinners: In Pursuit of Sanctity in the Book of Steps""""13. Marriage and Sexuality in the Book of Steps: From Encratism to Orthodoxy""; ""14. ""Hidden Work"" of the Heart and Spiritual Progression in the Book of Steps""; ""15. Reading the Ascetic Ideal into Genesis 1�3: Hermeneutic Strategies in the Book of Steps Memra 21""; ""16. Lowering in Order to be Raised, Emptying in Order to be Filled: The Ascetical System of the Book of Steps""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index of Citations of the Book of Steps""; ""Subject Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8132-2167-6

OCLC:

879352521