Moral, Ascetic, and Ritual Dimensions to Law-Observance in Aphrahat’s <i>Demonstrations</i>Journal of Early Christian StudiesSyriaca.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/SM7LHRRP/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Adam IsaacLehtoMoral, Ascetic, and Ritual Dimensions to Law-Observance in Aphrahat’s <i>Demonstrations</i>http://syriaca.org/cbss/SM7LHRRPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/SM7LHRRPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/SM7LHRRPJournal of Early Christian Studies14:22006157-181Writing to counter the critique of a much larger Jewish community, and to instruct fellow ascetics in their chosen path, the fourth-century Syriac author Aphrahat develops a notion of law-observance that serves both ends: God's law of righteousness, which is more fundamental than the Mosaic law, has been summed up in Christ's teaching on love for God and neighbor; but a commitment to this way of love also calls for ascetic renunciation. In addition, the few references to ritual should be understood, like Aphrahat's teaching on ascetic practice, as an attempt to bring this area of Christian life under the all-embracing imperative of following the law of righteousness with a pure heart.
Lehto, Adam Isaac. “Moral, Ascetic, and Ritual Dimensions to Law-Observance in Aphrahat’s Demonstrations.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 14:2 (2006): 157–81.
Adam Isaac Lehto, Moral, Ascetic, and Ritual Dimensions to Law-Observance in Aphrahat’s Demonstrations,” Journal of Early Christian Studies 14:2 (2006): 157–81.AphrahatIV CEJewish-Christian relationsOld Testamentasceticismlaw