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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Robert A.KitchenSyriac Additions to Anderson: The Garden of Eden in the Book of Steps and Philoxenus of Mabbughttp://syriaca.org/cbss/DZGYTNPYhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/DZGYTNPYhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/DZGYTNPYHugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies6:1200337-50Adding to the Syriac witness on Genesis 3-4 introduced in Gary A. Anderson’s monograph, <i>The Genesis of Perfection</i> (reviewed elsewhere in <i>Hugoye</i>) are two Syriac ascetical works: the Book of Steps (<i>Liber Graduum</i>), an anonymous 4th century collection of 30 <i>memre</i> directed to a pre-monastic community; and the 6th century collection of 13 <i>memre</i> or Discourses by Philoxenus, bishop of Mabbug, directed monks under his episcopal authority. Both authors utilize the narrative of Genesis 3-4 to model ascetical practices for their community, and to portray the goal and reward of the ascetical life – the return to perfection in the Garden of Eden.
Kitchen, Robert A. “Syriac Additions to Anderson: The Garden of Eden in the Book of Steps and Philoxenus of Mabbug.” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 6:1 (2003): 37–50.
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