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To train his soul in books : Syriac asceticism in early Christianity / edited by Robin Darling Young and Monica J. Blanchard.

Contributor(s): Young, Robin Darling | Blanchard, Monica J | Griffith, Sidney Harrison
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Spanish Series: CUA studies in early Christianity: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: xix, 217 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780813217321 (cloth : alk. paper); 0813217326 (cloth : alk. paper)Contained works: Harvey, Susan Ashbrook. Housekeeping, an ascetic theme in late antiquitySubject(s): Syrian churches -- History | Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 | Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373 | Griffith, Sidney Harrison -- BibliographyDDC classification: 248.4/709394309015 LOC classification: BV5023 | .T68 2011Bibliography, Etc. Note: "Bibliography of the works of Sidney H. Griffith"-- (pages 205-215).; Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Poetry and Ephrem the Syrian. Syriac strophic poetry : intercalated Psalms / Joseph P. Amar -- Efrén de Nisibe, himnos De Virginitate, I-III / Francisco Javier Martínez -- Texts, terms, metaphors. Redeem your sins through works of charity / Gary A. Anderson -- A monastic setting for the Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel / Alexander Golitzin -- A Syriac life of Athanasius of Alexandria / Michael J. Hollerich -- Radical renunciation : the ideal of msarrqûtâ / Sebastian R. Brock -- Housekeeping : an ascetic theme in late antiquity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- The influence of Evagrius of Pontus / Robin Darling Young -- The Syriac discourses of Beh Isho' Kamulaya / Monica J. Blanchard -- Ode to joy / Shawqi Talia.

In English; 1 contribution in Spanish.

Festschrift for Sidney H. Griffith.

Pt. 1. Poetry and Ephrem the Syrian. Syriac strophic poetry : intercalated Psalms / Joseph P. Amar -- Efrén de Nisibe, himnos De Virginitate, I-III / Francisco Javier Martínez -- Pt. 2. Texts, terms, metaphors. Redeem your sins through works of charity / Gary A. Anderson -- A monastic setting for the Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel / Alexander Golitzin -- A Syriac life of Athanasius of Alexandria / Michael J. Hollerich -- Radical renunciation : the ideal of msarrqûtâ / Sebastian R. Brock -- Housekeeping : an ascetic theme in late antiquity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- The influence of Evagrius of Pontus / Robin Darling Young -- The Syriac discourses of Beh Isho' Kamulaya / Monica J. Blanchard -- Ode to joy / Shawqi Talia.

"Bibliography of the works of Sidney H. Griffith"-- (pages 205-215).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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