The Syriac Book of Steps 3 : : Syriac Text and English Translation.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Kitchen, Robert A.; Parmentier, Martien F. G.
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity ; 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; TEXT AND TRANSLATION --; Memra- Twenty-One. ON THE TREE OF ADAM --; Memra- Twenty-Two. ON THE JUDGMENTS THAT DO NOT SAVE THOSE WHO OBSERVE THEM --; Memra- Twenty-Three. ON SATAN AND PHAROAH AND THE ISRAELITES --; Memra- Twenty-Four. ON REPENTANCE --; Memra- Twenty-Five. ON THE VOICE OF GOD AND OF SATAN --; Memra- Twenty-Six. ON THE SECOND LAW THAT THE LORD ESTABLISHED FROM ADAM --; Memra- Twenty-Seven. ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE THIEF WHO SAVED --; Memra- Twenty-Eight. ON THE FACT THAT THE HUMAN SOUL IS NOT IDENTICAL WITH THE BLOOD --; Memra- Twenty-Nine. ON THE DISCIPLINE OF THE BODY --; Memra- Thirty. ON THE COMMANDMENTS OF FAITH AND THE LOVE OF THE SOLITARIES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463214876; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463214876
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

The Syriac Book of Steps collects 30 sermons by a late 4th century anonymous author in the Persian Empire. The author details the spiritual life, highlighting the duties and problems of two ranks of committed Christians, the Upright and the Perfect.