Syriac Idiosyncrasies Theology and Hermeneutics in Early Syriac Literature |
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| Volume Editor:
| Ruzer, Serge
Kofsky, Aryeh |
| Series title: | Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-18498-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $146.00 |
Book Description:
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The special cultural circumstances of the emergence of a Syriac-speaking Church--before the onslaught of Greek hegemony--engendered the peculiar traits of thought and expression to be found in early Syriac sources. It is some of these idiosyncrasies mainly pertaining to trinitarian theology, christology and hermeneutics--that this volume unearthes.
The special cultural circumstances of the emergence of a Syriac-speaking Church--before the onslaught of Greek hegemony--engendered the peculiar traits of thought and expression to be found in early Syriac sources. It is some of these idiosyncrasies mainly pertaining to trinitarian theology, christology and hermeneutics--that this volume unearthes.