To Train His Soul in Books: Syriac Asceticism in Early Christianity
Catholic University of America Press, 2011
Cloth: 978-0-8132-1732-1 | eISBN: 978-0-8132-1911-0
Library of Congress Classification BV5023.T68 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 248.470939430901
Cloth: 978-0-8132-1732-1 | eISBN: 978-0-8132-1911-0
Library of Congress Classification BV5023.T68 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 248.470939430901
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
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