Aphrahat the Persian Sage and the Temple of God : : A Study of Early Syriac Theological Anthropology / / Stephanie K. Skoyles Jarkins.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Jarkins, Stephanie K. Skoyles,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. APHRAHAT AND TEMPLE --; 2. THE ASCETICS --; 3. BEING A TEMPLE --; 4. THE SAGE "MAY" SEE GOD --; CONCLUSION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236311; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236311
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stephanie K. Skoyles Jarkins.

Aphrahat the Persian Sage, (fl. 337-345 C.E.), was a Syriac Christian author who wrote twenty-three treatises entitled The Demonstrations. This book examines "temple" as a key image for Aphrahat's theological anthropology. The temple is central for both Jews and Christians; it is the place of sacrifice, meeting, and communication with the Divine. For Aphrahat, the devout Christian person may be a micro-temple which then allows one to encounter the divine both within oneself and through a vision ascent to the heavenly temple.