The Holy Spirit in the Syrian Baptismal Tradition / / Sebastian P. Brock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Brock, Sebastian P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: Multiple
• Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ABBREVIATIONS --; METHOD OF CITATION --; 1. INTRODUCTION --; 2. THE SYMBOLS OF THE SPIRIT --; 3. THE SOURCES --; 4. THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT --; 5. THE INVOCATIONS TO THE SPIRIT --; 6. THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE EUCHARIST --; 7. THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MARY --; 8. BAPTISM AS PENTECOST --; APPENDIX 1. THE TRANSITION TO A POST-BAPTISMAL ANOINTING IN THE ANTIOCHENE RITE --; APPENDIX 2. THE HOLY SPIRIT AS FEMININE IN EARLY SYRIAC LITERATURE --; INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES --; INDEX OF SYRIAC PASSAGES QUOTED IN TRANSLATION --; INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, SELECT TERMS --; INDEX OF MODERN SCHOLARS
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463214425; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463214425
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sebastian P. Brock.

A sensitive and evocative treatment of the role of the Holy Spirit in worship. With a keen awareness of the tradition of Syrian Christianity, Brock begins his exploration with the role of the Holy Spirit in the Syriac Bible. A striking aspect of this tradition is the imagery used for the Spirit, including: compassionate mother, fire, olive oil, as well as the more common image of dove. Brock also summarizes commentaries and other literature on the baptismal rite, touching on Syriac literature and works translated from the Greek.