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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2004.
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| Colección: | Medieval Mediterranean ;
v. 57. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 such weeping is, for these writers, a joyful as well as a sobering experience, and it places their writings in their historical and geographical context, giving some lexicographical background. Issues of religious anthropology, and the unusual choice of a female exegete in the person of the 'sinful woman' (Luke 7.36-50) are considered. The conclusion points the way to an appropriate theological interpretation of these teachings and highlights modern, non-monastic examples of joy-bearing, penitent grief."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781429429153 1429429151 9004141235 9789004141230 9781433706868 1433706865 128086723X 9781280867231 9786610867233 6610867232 9047406451 9789047406457 |
| ISSN: | 0928-5520 ; |