Joy-bearing Grief : : Tears of Contrition in the Writings of the Early Syrian and Byzantine Fathers / / Hannah Hunt.
This volume is the first full-length study of penthos (tears of contrition) since Hausherr's in 1944. It traces its exposition in the early eastern Christian tradition, through detailed analysis of Greek and Syriac texts by Klimakos, Ephrem, Isaac and Symeon the New Theologian. It suggests why...
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| Superior document: | The Medieval Mediterranean ; 57 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2004. |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Medieval Mediterranean ;
57. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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