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ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, 1989. Paperback. Very good
Ihidayutha: A Study of the Life of Singleness in the Syrian Orient. From Ignatius of Antioch to Chalcedon 451 AD. by AbouZayd, Shafiq - 1993
by AbouZayd, Shafiq
Ihidayutha: A Study of the Life of Singleness in the Syrian Orient. From Ignatius of Antioch to Chalcedon 451 AD.
by AbouZayd, Shafiq
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
Oxford, UK.: ARAM Society for Syro-Mesoptamian Studies.. Very Good. 1993. Soft Cover. 0952077604 . 8vo - 24 x 17 cm.; xx - 449 pp. From ther back cover; the author pursues 3 main points: ". . . there is a continuity of tradition in Syrian ascetic spirituality and that the roots of what the Syrian hermits of the fourth and fifth centuries undertook can be traced back to the very beginnings of the spirituality of thier Syrian church . . . Syrian ascetic spirituality needs to be studied in the context of the main structure of Syrian theology . . . that virginity and marriage, celibacy and sexuality, were subjects of the first importance in the early Syrian Church, as well as in early Syrian ascetic spiritualitry." Forty-two bibliography and a 19 page index of names and subjects. Minor edge wear to the covers and the spine is faded. The original copyright page (verso of the title page) has an updated page fastened to it as issued by the publisher. Otherwise clean with a sound binding. .
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (CA)
- Format/Binding Soft Cover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 0952077604
- ISBN 13 9780952077602
- Publisher ARAM Society for Syro-Mesoptamian Studies.
- Place of Publication Oxford, UK.
- Date Published 1993
- Keywords 0952077604, Syria; Syrian; Asceticism; Ascetic;, Hermit; Monasticism; Theophilus;, Didascalia; Aphrahat; Theology;, Bnay; Bnat Qyama; Martyrdom;, Jacob of Nisibis; Julian Saba; Marcianus;, Abraham Qidunaya; Avitus; Eusebius;, Simeon the Stylite;