Breaking the mind : new studies in the Syriac "Book of steps" /
edited by Kristian S. Heal and Robert A. Kitchen.
- Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (xi, 350 pages).
- CUA studies in early Christianity .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Romano-Persian frontier and the context of the Book of steps / Parallel paths : tracing Manichaean footprints along the Syriac Book of steps / The Book of steps on magic / A previously unknown reattributed fragment from Memra 16 of the Book of steps / A last disciple of the Apostles: the "Editor's preface, Rabbula's Rules, and the date of the Book of steps / Biblical exegesis in the Syriac Book of steps: a preliminary survey / Did the author of the Book of steps understand Paul? / A broken mind: the path to knowledge in the Book of steps / The perfect and perfection in the Book of steps / You are what you eat: dietary metaphors in the Syriac Book of steps / Falling from the path of perfection: sin in the Syriac Book of steps / Disturbed sinners: in pursuit of sanctity in the Book of steps / Marriage and sexuality in the Book of steps: from encratism to orthodoxy / "Hidden work" of the heart and spiritual progression in the Book of steps / Reading the ascetic ideal into Genesis 1-3: hermeneutic strategies in the Book of steps Memra 21 / Lowering in order to be raised, emptying in order to be filled: the ascetical system in the Book of steps / Columba Stewart -- Kristian S. Heal and Robert A. Kitchen -- Geoffrey Greatrex -- Timothy Pettipiece -- Martien Parmentier -- Grigory Kessel -- Kyle Smith -- René Roux -- Matthias Westerhoff -- J.W. Childers -- Pablo Argárate -- Kelli E. Bryant -- Tera Stidham Harmon -- Robert A. Kitchen -- Sergey Minov -- Thomas Kollamparampil -- Aryeh Kofsky and Serge Ruzer -- Jason Scully.
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Liber Graduum.
Christian life--Early works to 1800. Monasticism and religious orders--History. Spirituality--History. Syriac literature.