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Fear of God and the beginning of wisdom : the School of Nisibis and Christian scholastic culture in late antique Mesopotamia /
The School of Nisibis was the main intellectual center of the Church of the East in the sixth and early seventh centuries C.E. and an institution of learning unprecedented in antiquity. Fear of God and the Beginning of Wisdom provides a history both of the School and of the scholastic culture of the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2006]
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| Colección: | Divinations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Note on Transliteration, Spelling, and Terminology; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Divine Pedagogy and the Transmission of the Knowledge of God: The Discursive Background of the School Movement; 2. The School of the Persians (Part 1): Rereading the Sources; 3. The School of the Persians (Part 2): From Ethnic Circle to Theological School; 4. The School of Nisibis; 5. The Scholastic Genre: The Cause of the Foundation of the Schools; 6. The Reception of Theodore of Mopsuestia in the School of Nisibis.
- 7. Spelling God's Name with the Letters of Creation: The Use of Neoplatonic Aristotle in the Cause8. A Typology of East-Syrian Schools; 9. The Monastic Context of the East-Syrian School Movement; Conclusion: Study as Ritual in the Church of the East; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Acknowledgments.