‘Singles’ in God’s Service: Thoughts on the Ihidaye from the Works of Aphrahat and Ephraem the SyrianThe HarpSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/5LZYDW8C/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Sidney HarrisonGriffith‘Singles’ in God’s Service: Thoughts on the Ihidaye from the Works of Aphrahat and Ephraem the Syrianhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/5LZYDW8Chttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/5LZYDW8Chttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/5LZYDW8CThe Harp41991145-159"The Syriac word which designates a "single person", to use the modern English expression for someone who is unmarried, is <i>Ihîdayâ</i>, the very word that any Syriac dictionary will define with a religious nuance as describing a "solitary", a "hermit", an "anchorite", or even a "monk". [...] The aim of the present essay is to explore the senses of the word <i>Ihîdayâ </i>in early Syriac texts, with special reference to its use to describe the "singles" who were a special feature of life in the Christian communities of Osrhoene and Adiabene up into the fourth century. The purpose of the essay is to draw into sharper focus on one screen, so to speak, insights that many other scholars have published in many scattered places." (pp. 145-146)
Griffith, Sidney Harrison. “‘Singles’ in God’s Service: Thoughts on the Ihidaye from the Works of Aphrahat and Ephraem the Syrian.” The Harp 4 (1991): 145–59.
Sidney Harrison Griffith, ‘Singles’ in God’s Service: Thoughts on the Ihidaye from the Works of Aphrahat and Ephraem the Syrian,The Harp 4 (1991): 145–59.AphrahatEphremIV CEIV-VII CEasceticismcelibacysinglenessvirginity