Young, Robin Darling <br/><br/>
To Train His Soul in Books   Syriac Asceticism in Early Christianity 

 - Washington  Catholic University of America Press  2011 
 - 215p 
<br/><br/> includes index and biblioraphy 
<br/><br/>1. Poetry and Ephrem the Syrian   Syriac Strophic Poetry: Intercalated Psalms .............3  Efren De Nisibe, Himnos De Virginitate, I-III...........23  2. Texts, Terms, Metaphors   Redeem your sins through works of Charity ........57  A monastic Setting for the Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel .........66  A syriac life of Athanasius of Alexandria .........99  Radical Renunciation : The Ideal of msarrquta......122  Housekeeping : An Ascetic Theme in Late Antiquity ....134  3. After Ephrem the Syrian   The Influence of Evagrius of Pontus .........157  The syriac Discourses of Beh Isho` Kamulaya ..........176  Ode to Joy.......189   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813217321  4665 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>J57  / Y841