Repentance and Fasting from an Ascetical Perspective ISBN: 9781463234287 Platform/Publisher: De Gruyter / Gorgias Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Saints Jacob of Serugh and Severus of Antioch provided monastic interpretations for Syriac Orthodoxy. Bcheiry highlights St. Jacob's exegesis of Jonah as a spiritual struggle with ascetic appearances. St. Severus address the movement from self-deial to purity in his Lenten homilies.