TY  - BOOK
AU  - Young, Robin Darling
TI  - To Train His Soul in Books:  Syriac Asceticism in Early Christianity
SN  - 9780813217321
U1  - J57 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Catholic University of America Press
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 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
ER  -