Aphrahat the Persian Sage and the Temple of God : : A Study of Early Syriac Theological Anthropology /

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

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Jarkins, Stephanie K. Skoyles,
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
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Physical Description:1 online resource (254 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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