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Contents Abbreviations ix Introduction xi Part I. Poetry and Ephrem the Syrian 1. Syriac Strophic Poetry: Intercalated Psalms 3 Joseph P. Amar 2. Efrén de Nisibe, Himnos De Virginitate, I–III 23 Francisco Javier Martínez Part II. Texts, Terms, Metaphors 3. Redeem Your Sins through Works of Charity 57 Gary A. Anderson 4. A Monastic Setting for the Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel 66 Alexander Golitzin 5. A Syriac Life of Athanasius of Alexandria 99 Michael J. Hollerich 6. Radical Renunciation: The Ideal of msarrqûtâ 122 Sebastian P. Brock 7. Housekeeping: An Ascetic Theme in Late Antiquity 134 Susan Ashbrook Harvey Part III. After Ephrem the Syrian 8. The Influence of Evagrius of Pontus 157 Robin Darling Young 9. The Syriac Discourses of Beh Isho‘ Kamulaya 176 Monica J. Blanchard 10. Ode to Joy 189 Shawqi Talia Bibliography of the Works of Sidney H. Griffith 205 Contributors 217 viii   c o n t e n t s ...

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