The Syriac Book of Steps 1

Syriac Text and English Translation
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4632-1485-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 231 Seiten

Reihe: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kitchen, Robert A.

Parmentier, Martien F. G.

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Introduction (page 7)
- Syriac Editor's Preface (page 12)
- Memra One (page 20)
- Memra Two: About Those Who Want to Become Perfect (page 32)
- Memra Three: The Physical And the Spiritual Ministry (page 50)
- Memra Four: On the Vegetables for the Sick (page 82)
- Memra Five: On the Milk of the Children (page 94)
- Memra Six: On Those Who Are Made Perfect and Continue to Grow (page 126)
- Memra Seven: On the Commandments of the Upright (page 132)
- Memra Eight: On One Who Gives All He Has to Feed the Poor (page 166)
- Memra Nine: On Uprightness and the Love of the Upright and the Prophets (page 176)
- Memra Ten (page 214)