Syriac Idiosyncrasies
by Ruzer, Serge; Kofsky, AryehFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-07-01
Publisher(s): Brill Academic Pub
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Summary
The study of early Syriac Christianity has for decades been steadily expanding, yet its scope still lags way behind that of research relating to Greek and Latin Christianity. One of the intriguing and understudied topics here is the nature of Syriac Chris
Author Biography
Serge Ruzer, Ph.D. (1996) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Mapping the New Testament: Early Christian Writings as a Witness for Jewish Biblical Exegesis (Brill, 2007), and co-editor of the Sermon on the Mount and Its Jewish Setting (Gabalda, 2005).
Aryeh Kofsky, Ph.D. (1991) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Comparative Religion in the Department of Land of Isreal Studies, the University of Haifa. He is the author of Eusebius of Caesarea Against Paganism (Brill, 2000), and co-author of The Monastic School of Gaza (Brill, 2006).
Aryeh Kofsky, Ph.D. (1991) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Comparative Religion in the Department of Land of Isreal Studies, the University of Haifa. He is the author of Eusebius of Caesarea Against Paganism (Brill, 2000), and co-author of The Monastic School of Gaza (Brill, 2006).
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Aphrahat: A Witness of Pre-Nicene Syrian Theology | p. 7 |
| Ephrem on Justice, Free Will and Divine Mercy in the Story of the Fall | p. 41 |
| Liber Graduum: The Heavenly Garden of Ascetic Delights | p. 61 |
| The Cave of Treasures: Calvary versus Earthly Paradise | p. 87 |
| Philoxenus of Mabbug: Hermeneutics of Incarnation | p. 121 |
| Conclusion | p. 141 |
| Appendix: The Old Syriac Gospels: Textual Authority and Hermeneutics | p. 149 |
| Bibliography | p. 179 |
| Index of Names and Subjects | p. 189 |
| Index of Biblical Verses | p. 193 |
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