The Book Of Steps: The Syriac Liber Graduum (Cistercian Studies 196 Band 196)

Kitchen Robert A

ISBN 10: 0879076968 / ISBN 13: 9780879076962

Published by Cistercian Publications, 2004

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Envoi rapide Bon état couverture défraîchie pelliculage du premier plat ridé intérieur propre. 13 8x21 6x3cm. 2004. Broché. 476 pages. Il s'agit d'une traduction annotée et d'une édition critique du 'Liber Graduum' un texte syriaque chrétien ancien. L'ouvrage documente la vie et les défis d'une communauté chrétienne réelle en explorant des thèmes spirituels centrés sur les 'degrés' de Rectitude et de Perfection. Il offre un aperçu de la pensée chrétienne primitive et de l'histoire sociale et théologique dans le contexte byzantin. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book Of Steps: The Syriac Liber Graduum (Cistercian Studies 196 Band 196)
• Publisher: Cistercian Publications
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879076968
• ISBN 13: 9780879076962
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Intentionally anonymous and lacking concrete details of historical and cultural setting-and for many years suspected of messalianism-this collection of thirty memre [discourses] has been long recognized as an important, yet understudied, work of the fourth century Syriac Church.

The Liber Graduum records the ups and downs of a real christian community and is not a theoretical projection. The author meanders through many themes, but always calls the readers back to the steps of Uprightness and Perfection.

"So it is also with a person once he has lowered himself from all things that are on earth, has broken his mind night and day, who counts everyone else better than himself, has emptied himself from all he possessed and kisses the feet of his enemies. Our Lord will look upon this person's lowliness and send him the Spirit, the Paraclete, and he shall know the whole truth."(translation of the script on the cover).

About the Author

Robert A. Kitchen is a minister of Knox-Metropolitan United Church, Regina, Saskatchewan. He read for the D.Phil at Oxford in Syriac literature under the supervision of Sebastian P. Brock. With Martien F. G. Parmentier, Robert A. Kitchen translated and introduced The Book of Steps: The Syriac Liber Graduum, CS 196 (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian, 2004).