David A Michelson

Gebundenes Buch

The Library of Paradise

A History of Contemplative Reading in the Monasteries of the Church of the East

Beschreibung

Contemplative reading is a spiritual practice developed by Christian monks in sixth- and seventh-century Mesopotamia. The Library of Paradise tells the story of this Syriac tradition in three phases: its establishment as an ascetic practice, the articulation of its theology, and its maturation and spread.

Autor

David A. Michelson is Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at Vanderbilt University. He earned his PhD from Princeton University in 2007. His research is focused on Christianity in Late Antiquity with a particular interest in monasticism, Christianity in the Middle East, and the transmission of Syriac literary and manuscript culture. Michelson is the author of The Practical Christology of Philoxenos of Mabbug (OUP, 2014). He is also the co-editor of The Syriac Gazetteer and other digital research tools published by Syriaca.org.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 160mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780198836247
• ISBN-10: 0198836244
• Artikelnr.: 66161554