The Syriac Book of Steps 3

Syriac Text and English Translation
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4632-1487-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 271 Seiten

Reihe: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity

The Syriac Book of Steps collects 30 sermons by a late 4th century anonymous author in the Persian Empire. The author details the spiritual life, highlighting the duties and problems of two ranks of committed Christians, the Upright and the Perfect.

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)
- Text and Translation (page 11)
- Memra Twenty-one: On the Tree of Adam (page 12)
- Memra Twenty-two: On the Judgments That Do Not Save Those Who Observe Them (page 50)
- Memra Twenty-three: On Satan and Pharoah and the Israelites (page 94)
- Memra Twenty-four: On Repentance (page 112)
- Memra Twenty-five: On the Voice of God and of Satan (page 128)
- Memra Twenty-six: On the Second Law That the Lord Established From Adam (page 146)
- Memra Twenty-seven: About the History of the Thief Who is Saved (page 154)
- Memra Twenty-eight: On the Fact That the Human Soul is Not Identical With the Blood (page 168)
- Memra Twenty-nine: On the Discipline of the Body (page 184)
- Memra Thirty: On the Commandments of Faith and the Love of the Solitaries (page 220)