Starry Sky of the Monk Barsauma: Individual Covenant with God and Origins of the Stylite MovementБиблия и христианская древностьSyriaca.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/6Q79EGI6/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Dmitry F.BumazhnovStarry Sky of the Monk Barsauma: Individual Covenant with God and Origins of the Stylite Movementhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/6Q79EGI6https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/6Q79EGI6https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/6Q79EGI6Библия и христианская древность4 [8]2020175-189Two passages from the Syriac <i>Life </i>of the 5th century monk Barsauma of Samosata and from a Syriac homily dedicated to him report how young Barsauma was suddenly frightened when lying on the ground at night, looking at the stars and examining his conscience. As a result, Barsauma refuses sitting and lying position and adopts standing during the rest of his life. The article explains the reasons of his fear and argues that Barsauma’s attitude makes sense in the context of the spirituality of the Syriac ascetics known as so-called sons and daughters of the covenant (<i>bnay / bnāṯ qyāmā</i>). According to this reading of the two documents, Barsauma’s behaviour can be understood as a link between the covenanters and the early Syriac stylites. Barsauma’s covenant with God is to be seen as one more example of the individual covenants which played a pivotal role in the making of the early Christian monasticism.
Bumazhnov, Dmitry F. “Starry Sky of the Monk Barsauma: Individual Covenant with God and Origins of the Stylite Movement.” Библия и христианская древность 4 [8] (2020): 175–89.
Dmitry F. Bumazhnov, Starry Sky of the Monk Barsauma: Individual Covenant with God and Origins of the Stylite Movement,Библия и христианская древность 4 [8] (2020): 175–89.BarsaumaIV-VII CESimeon the StyliteV CEasceticismmonasticismstylites