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Breaking the mind : new studies in the Syriac Book of steps
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ISBN: 9780813221663 0813221668 Year: 2014 Publisher: Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Press


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To train his soul in books
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ISBN: 9780813217321 0813217326 9780813219110 0813219116 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Press

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Flourishing from the inland cities of Syria down through the Tigris and Euphrates valley, Syriac speakers in late antiquity created a new and often brilliant expression of Christian culture. Although the origins of their traditions are notoriously difficult to trace, authors of fourth-century Syrian communities achieved sophisticated forms of expression whose content little resembles the Christian culture of their neighbors to the west. From the fourth through the seventh centuries they achieved religious works of great beauty and complexity. Increasing interest in Syriac Christianity has prompted recent translations and studies. To Train His Soul in Books explores numerous aspects of this rich religious culture, extending previous lines of scholarly investigation and demonstrating the activity of Syriac-speaking scribes and translators busy assembling books for the training of biblical interpreters, ascetics, and learned clergy. Befitting an intensely literary culture, it begins with the development of Syriac poetry--the genre beloved by Ephrem and other, anonymous authors. It considers the long tradition of Aramaic and Syriac words for the chronic condition of sin, and explores the dimensions of the immense work of Syriac translators with a study of the Syriac life of Athanasius. Essays consider the activity of learned ascetics, with a proposal of the likely monastic origin of the Apocalypse of Daniel; the goal and concept of renunciation; and the changes rung by Syriac-speaking ascetics on the daily reality of housekeeping. Also included in the volume are two essays on the influence of Syriac literary culture on Greek traditions, and in turn ascetic life. Finally, an original poem in Syriac demonstrates the continuing vitality of this culture, both in its homeland and in the Diaspora. These essays seek to extend and honor the work of renowned scholar and pillar of the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages at the Catholic University of America, Sidney H. Griffith.


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A bibliography of Syriac ascetic and mystical literature
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ISBN: 9789042924574 9042924578 Year: 2011 Volume: 11 Publisher: Leuven: Peeters,

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This book offers a complete bibliographical presentation of Syriac authors and texts in the domain of Syriac asceticism and mysticism. It also includes Greek texts that were translated into Syriac and profoundly influenced the spiritual life of Christians in the Near and Middle East. Among the Syrian Churches ascetic and mystical literature was flourishing over the centuries and witnesses the intensity of their religious life. It also enriched the spirituality of other Christian traditions. Therefore, the bibliography also indicates Medieval translations of Syriac texts into other languages. The list of authors and texts ranges from Ps.-Clement of Rome and Antony the Great to the Chaldean Patriarch Joseph II (1696-1713/4). Editions (if available), translations and secondary literature are arranged in chronological order. Additionally, subject sections present surveys and introductions to the topic as well as literature about Syriac proto-monasticism, monastic anthologies, mystical experience and Messalianism in the Syriac tradition. The introduction of the book highlights the importance and originality of the Syriac ascetic and mystical literature.


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La grande stagione della mistica siro-orientale (VI-VIII secolo) : atti del 5o Incontro sull'oriente cristiano di tradizione siriaca, Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, 26 maggio 2006.
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ISBN: 9788880256403 8880256408 Year: 2010 Publisher: Milano Centro Ambrosiano


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"Gottheit in uns" : die monastische und psychologische Grundlegung der Mystik nach einer überlieferten Textkollektion aus dem Werk des Šem'o d-Taibuteh
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ISBN: 3447107901 9783447107907 9783447107907 3447107901 Year: 2017 Publisher: Wiesbaden Harrassowitz

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German translation of a work by the late 7th century physician and hermit Simeon of His Grace. Argues that leading an ascetic life filled with negative experiences and isolation gradually leads to spirtual knowledge and an intimate relationship with God. Emphasizes the kingdom of God within man. Includes a detailed analysis of Simeon's work and multiple indices. Die auf Deutsch übersetzten und kommentierten Texte entfalten das reiche geistige Erbe und die faszinierende Spiritualität eines im persischen Bet̲ Huzaye (Khusistan) ansässigen Arztes und Einsiedlers vom Ende des 7. Jahrhunderts. Šemʻon d-Ṭaibut̲eh ("Simeon von seiner Gnade") entwirft ein asketisches Lebensmodell, bei dem negative Erfahrungen, Selbstüberwindung und Sammlung bis hin zu totalem Reizentzug und völliger Abschottung von äußeren Einflüssen allmählich zu geistlicher Erkenntnis und inniger Vertrautheit mit Gott verhelfen. Zudem schildert er die Seele in ihren subtilen Anteilen als göttliche Wohnung und tiefsten Ausdruck menschlicher Gottesebenbildlichkeit, sodass er dort das Reich Gottes innerhalb des Menschen, die "Gottheit in uns", verortet. Insgesamt lenkt der Eremit den Lauf seiner Quellen - darunter Gregor von Nyssa, die macarianische und evagrianische Tradition, das syrische Corpus Dionysiacum und anachoretische Pioniere seiner Heimat - in die Richtung seines eigenen brillanten Beitrags und lässt das Ganze in verschiedene Facetten einer an Christus orientierten Mystik des Herzens, des Aufstiegs, der Vereinigung und Vergöttlichung münden

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