new studies in the Syriac "Book of steps" Heal, Kristian S. editor. text bibliography Electronic books. Early works. History. dcu 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource (xi, 350 pages). 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. edited by Kristian S. Heal and Robert A. Kitchen. Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339) and index. a-sy--- Christian life Early works to 1800 Monasticism and religious orders History Spirituality History Syriac literature RELIGION General Christian life Monasticism and religious orders Spirituality Syriac literature RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox BX177.15 .N49 2014eb 281/.5 (DLC) 2013024286 (OCoLC)861072837 9780813221670 0813221676 22573/ctt5n4qjn JSTOR http://site.ebrary.com/id/10842756 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5vj8hk http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=943614 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10842756 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5vj8hk http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=943614 JSTOR 140404 20200709060328.0 ocn875686079 eng