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The ladder of prayer and the ship of stirrings : the praying self in late antique East Syrian Christianity /

"Doubts about sacrifices, prayers, fate, and providence in the second- to fifth-century Mediterranean world produced new concepts of individual prayer for Christians and non-Christians alike. The Ladder of Prayer and the Ship of Stirrings explores the discourse on the praying self as an ascetic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bitton-Ashkelony, Bruria (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leuven : Peeters, [2019]
Colección:Late antique history and religion ; 22.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Doubts and Changes: Toward a New Discourse on Prayer in Late Antiquity
  • 'For God is Silence and in Silence is He Sung': John of Apamea on Silent Prayer
  • From Evagrius Ponticus' Pure Prayer to Isaac of Nineveh's Non-Prayer
  • Dadisho' Qaṭraya: Scrutinizing the Self, Scrutinizing the Scriptures
  • Shem'on d-Ṭaybutheh: 'Prayer in a Unifi ed Manner' and the Somatic Turn
  • John of Dalyatha: Hidden Worship and Vanishing of the Self
  • Joseph Hazzaya on the Ladder of Prayer, the Ship of Stirrings and the Helmsman of the Boat.