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Joy-bearing grief : tears of contrition in the writings of the early Syrian and Byzantine fathers /

"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 suggest...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hunt, Hannah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
Series:Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 57.
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Online Access:Texto completo