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100 0 a| Isaac,c| of Antioch,e| author.=| ^A1475148;

245 10 a| Isaac of Antioch :b| homilies on moral and monastic reform /c| introduction, text, and translation by Adam H. Becker.;

264 1 a| Atlanta, Georgia :b| Society of Biblical Literature,c| [2024];

300 a| xx, 843 pages :b| illustration, chart ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| Writings from the Greco-Roman world;

546 a| Syriac texts with English translation and footnotes.;

520 a| "This volume offers a critical edition and annotated translation of twenty metrical homilies attributed to Isaac of Antioch, a late fifth-century CE Syriac poet. The works in this collection, the majority of which are examples of the Syriac rebuke genre, are aimed at the moral reformation of the Syrian Christian community. The introduction, which provides the first detailed study of the manuscript tradition of the corpus as a whole, identifies four different Isaacs whose writings were intermingled already in late antiquity and develops criteria for distinguishing among their works. Scholars and students of church history will find this a valuable resource for the study of Syriac poetry and homiletics, Christian ideas of moral reform, and late antique monastic and lay devotional culture." --c| Publisher, page four of cover.;

504 a| Includes bibliographic references (pages 817-833) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction. The genre of rebuke ; The manuscript tradition of the Isaac corpus ; The author problem: discerning the multiple Isaacs ; Format of the edition -- Moral and monastic rebuke -- Later compilations -- Against divination -- On slander -- Appendices..;

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650 0 a| Sermons, Syriac.=| ^A1304802;

650 0 a| Sermons, Early Christian.=| ^A589212;

700 1 a| Becker, Adam H.,d| 1972-e| editor,e| writer of introduction,e| translator.=| ^A694063;

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Isaac of Antioch : homilies on moral and monastic reform / introduction, text, and translation by Adam H. Becker.

Author/creator	Isaac author.
Other author	Isaac, of Antioch.
Other author	Isaac, of Antioch.
Other author	Becker, Adam H., 1972- editor, writer of introduction, translator.
Format	Book
Publication	Atlanta, Georgia : Society of Biblical Literature, [2024]
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	xx, 843 pages : illustration, chart ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Isaac, of Antioch. Sermons, Syriac. Sermons, Early Christian.

Series	Writings from the Greco-Roman world Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 49. ^A524516
Contents	Introduction. The genre of rebuke ; The manuscript tradition of the Isaac corpus ; The author problem: discerning the multiple Isaacs ; Format of the edition -- Moral and monastic rebuke -- Later compilations -- Against divination -- On slander -- Appendices..
Abstract	"This volume offers a critical edition and annotated translation of twenty metrical homilies attributed to Isaac of Antioch, a late fifth-century CE Syriac poet. The works in this collection, the majority of which are examples of the Syriac rebuke genre, are aimed at the moral reformation of the Syrian Christian community. The introduction, which provides the first detailed study of the manuscript tradition of the corpus as a whole, identifies four different Isaacs whose writings were intermingled already in late antiquity and develops criteria for distinguishing among their works. Scholars and students of church history will find this a valuable resource for the study of Syriac poetry and homiletics, Christian ideas of moral reform, and late antique monastic and lay devotional culture." -- Publisher, page four of cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographic references (pages 817-833) and index.
Language	Syriac texts with English translation and footnotes.
ISBN	9781628373394
ISBN	1628373393 (pbk)

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