Repentance and Fasting from an Ascetical Perspective: A Comparative Reading of Jacob of Serugh and an Unpublished Shortened Version of a Collection of Homilies by Severus of Antioch (Analecta Gorgiana, #1043)

by Iskandar Bcheiry

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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.
  • ISBN10 1463200919
  • ISBN13 9781463200916
  • Publish Date 14 December 2011
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Gorgias Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 31
  • Language English