The Demonstrations of Aphrahat, the Persian Sage / / Adam Lehto.
Among the earliest known sources from the Persian Church, the 4th-century Demonstrations of Aphrahat reflect a form of Christianity much closer to its Jewish roots than contemporary Western forms. Their mix of ascetic instruction, polemic against Judaism, and theological reflection provides an inval...
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (592 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- A Request for Instruction
- Demonstration 1: On Faith
- Demonstration 2: On Love
- Demonstration 3: On Fasting
- Demonstration 4: On Prayer
- Demonstration 5: On Wars
- Demonstration 6: On Covenanters
- Demonstration 7: On the Penitent
- Demonstration 8: On the Dead Coming to Life
- Demonstration 9: On Humility
- Demonstration 10: On Shepherds
- Demonstration 11: On Circumcision
- Demonstration 12: On the Passover
- Demonstration 13: On the Sabbath
- Demonstration 14: An Argument in Response to Dissension
- Demonstration 15: On Distinctions among Foods
- Demonstration 16: On the Peoples in place of the People
- Demonstration 17: On Christ, who is the Son of God
- Demonstration 18: Against the Jews, concerning Virginity and Holiness
- Demonstration 19: Against the Jews, who say that they will yet be gathered together
- Demonstration 20: On the Support of the Poor
- Demonstration 21: On Persecution
- Demonstration 22: On Death and the End Times
- Demonstration 23: On the Grapecluster
- Bibliography
- Index