04452cam a2200745Ki 4500 ocn875686079 OCoLC 20200709060328.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140404s2014 dcub ob 001 0 eng d JSTOR eng rda pn JSTOR OCLCF JSTOR YDXCP E7B OCLCQ COO N$T 876043984 9780813221670 electronic bk. 0813221676 electronic bk. 9780813221663 0813221668 (OCoLC)875686079 (OCoLC)876043984 943614 (N$T) 22573/ctt5n4qjn JSTOR a-sy--- BX177.15 .N49 2014eb REL000000 bisacsh REL 049000 bisacsh 281/.5 23 N$TA Breaking the mind : new studies in the Syriac "Book of steps" / edited by Kristian S. Heal and Robert A. Kitchen. Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (xi, 350 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier CUA studies in early Christianity Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339) and index. By way of a preface / Columba Stewart -- Introduction / Kristian S. Heal and Robert A. Kitchen -- The Romano-Persian frontier and the context of the Book of steps / Geoffrey Greatrex -- Parallel paths : tracing Manichaean footprints along the Syriac Book of steps / Timothy Pettipiece -- The Book of steps on magic / Martien Parmentier -- A previously unknown reattributed fragment from Memra 16 of the Book of steps / Grigory Kessel -- A last disciple of the Apostles: the "Editor's preface, Rabbula's Rules, and the date of the Book of steps / Kyle Smith -- Biblical exegesis in the Syriac Book of steps: a preliminary survey / René Roux -- Did the author of the Book of steps understand Paul? / Matthias Westerhoff -- A broken mind: the path to knowledge in the Book of steps / J.W. Childers -- The perfect and perfection in the Book of steps / Pablo Argárate -- You are what you eat: dietary metaphors in the Syriac Book of steps / Kelli E. Bryant -- Falling from the path of perfection: sin in the Syriac Book of steps / Tera Stidham Harmon -- Disturbed sinners: in pursuit of sanctity in the Book of steps / Robert A. Kitchen -- Marriage and sexuality in the Book of steps: from encratism to orthodoxy / Sergey Minov -- "Hidden work" of the heart and spiritual progression in the Book of steps / Thomas Kollamparampil -- Reading the ascetic ideal into Genesis 1-3: hermeneutic strategies in the Book of steps Memra 21 / Aryeh Kofsky and Serge Ruzer -- Lowering in order to be raised, emptying in order to be filled: the ascetical system in the Book of steps / Jason Scully. Print version record. Liber Graduum. Christian life Early works to 1800. Monasticism and religious orders History. Spirituality History. Syriac literature. RELIGION General. bisacsh Liber Graduum. fast (OCoLC)fst01373832 Christian life. fast (OCoLC)fst00859185 Monasticism and religious orders. fast (OCoLC)fst01025128 Spirituality. fast (OCoLC)fst01130186 Syriac literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01141339 Liber graduum. gnd RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox bisacsh Electronic books. Early works. fast (OCoLC)fst01411636 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Heal, Kristian S., editor. Print version: Breaking the mind 9780813221663 (DLC) 2013024286 (OCoLC)861072837 CUA studies in early Christianity. ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10842756 JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5vj8hk EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=943614 ebrary EBRY ebr10842756 YBP Library Services YANK 11771414 EBSCOhost EBSC 943614 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 56037 56037