Jarkins Aphrahat the Persian Sage and the Temple of God

A Study of Early Syriac Theological Anthropology
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3631-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics

Aphrahat the Persian Sage, (fl. 337-345 C.E.), was a Syriac Christian author who wrote twenty-three treatises entitled The Demonstrations. This book examines “temple” as a key image for Aphrahat’s theological anthropology. The temple is central for both Jews and Christians; it is the place of sacrifice, meeting, and communication with the Divine. For Aphrahat, the devout Christian person may be a micro-temple which then allows one to encounter the divine both within oneself and through a vision ascent to the heavenly temple.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarkins, Stephanie K. Skoyles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Preface (page 7)
- Acknowledgments (page 9)
- Abbreviations (page 11)
- Introduction (page 13)
- Aphrahat and Temple (page 41)
- The Ascetics (page 85)
- Being a Temple (page 119)
- The Sage "May" See God (page 151)
- Conclusion (page 207)
- Bibliography (page 215)
- Index (page 241)