Syriac Idiosyncrasies: Theology and Hermeneutics in Early Syriac Literature

Syriac Idiosyncrasies: Theology and Hermeneutics in Early Syriac Literature
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
NL
Published
31 May 2010
Pages
196
ISBN
9789004184985

Syriac Idiosyncrasies: Theology and Hermeneutics in Early Syriac Literature

The study of early Syriac Christianity has for decades been steadily expanding, yet its scope still lags way behind that of research relating to Greek and Latin Christianity. One of the intriguing and understudied topics here is the nature of Syriac Christianity’s autonomous identity in late antiquity. This question is intrinsically connected to its genesis from an indigenous Christian Aramaic background as well as its interaction with the neighboring Jewish milieu. This volume unearthes some of the idiosyncracies – mainly pertaining to trinitarian theology, christology and hermeneutics – to be found in early Syriac literature before the onslaught of Greek hegemony. The idiosyncrasies analyzed here offer new insights into the nature of that peculiar brand of early Christianity, confirming a model of an indigenous early Syriac tradition gradually entering into a dynamic interaction with Greek influence.

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