 | Breaking the Mind Subjects: Liber Graduum; Christian life -- Early works to 1800; Monasticism and religious orders -- History; Spirituality -- History; Syriac literature; This collection of sixteen new critical essays offers fresh perspectives on the Book of Steps, adding greater detail and depth to our understanding of the work's intriguing picture of early Syriac asceticism as practiced within the life of a local church and community. |
