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Kitchen, Robert, and Martien F. G. Parmentier. The Syriac Book of Steps 2
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| Title: | The Syriac Book of Steps 2 | | Subtitle: | Syriac Text and English Translation | | Series: | Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 12b | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
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| Fascicle 2 | | Translation and Introduction by Robert Kitchen | | Translation and Introduction by Martien F. G. Parmentier | | ISBN: | 978-1-59333-980-7 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publication Date: | 12/2011 | | Language: | English and Syriac | | Format: | Paperback, Black, 6 x 9 in | | Pages: | 237 |
The Book of Steps is a collection of 30 sermons and Biblical interpretation by an anonymous author living in the Persian Empire (modern Iraq) during the late 300's. One of the largest examples of early Syriac literature, the Book of Steps describes the struggle of a Christian community prior to the advent of monasticism to live a faithful, committed life in the pursuit of perfection. The author details the aspirations and standards of the two ranks of Christians in his community: the Upright ones—married lay people who work in the world and perform the various acts of Christian charity—and the Perfect ones who are celibate, do not work, but live a life of prayer, while wandering through the region teaching and mediating conflicts. The Book of Steps is a unique work because it presents a living portrait of an actual religious community, not an idealized one, in the midst of a hostile culture. While the author advocates an ascetical lifestyle, this community does not practice the extreme physical asceticism so often associated with the Syriac church during this period. Unlike many works on the spiritual life, the author gradually seems to withdraw his praise for the higher rank, the Perfect, and begin to encourage, if not favor, the lower rank, the Upright.
Volume 2 contains the Syriac text and English translation of Memre 11–20. The second 10 memre deal with the issues of the Visible and Hidden Church, the virtue of celibacy, and further progression in the perfect life.
Robert A. Kitchen is the Minister of Knox-Metropolitan United Church, Regina, Saskatchewan. He holds a D.Phil in Syriac Language and Literature from the University of Oxford. Along with Martien F. G. Parmentier he has translated the Book of Steps for Cistercian Publications.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Introduction (page 7)
- Text and Translation (page 11)
- Memra-Eleven (page 12)
- Memra-Twelve: On the Hidden and Public Ministry of the Church (page 22)
- Memra-Thirteen: By the Same Author on the Ways of the Upright (page 38)
- Memra-Fourteen: On the Upright and the Perfect (page 54)
- Memra-Fifteen: On Adam's Marital Desire (page 62)
- Memra-Sixteen: On How a Person May Surpass the Major Commandments (page 100)
- Memra-Seventeen: On the Sufferings of Our Lord Who Became Through Them an Example for Us (page 120)
- Memra-Eighteen: On the Tears of Prayer (page 134)
- Memra-Nineteen: On the Discernment of the Way of Perfection (page 144)
- Memra-Twenty: On the Difficult Steps that are on the Road of the City of Our Lord (page 200)
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| | Kitchen, Robert, and Martien F. G. Parmentier. The Syriac Book of Steps 2 | | ISBN: | 978-1-59333-980-7 | | Weight: | 1 LBS. | | Price: | $76.25 | |
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