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Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Preface 10 Note on Transliteration, Spelling, and Terminology 14 Chronology 16 Introduction 18 1. Divine Pedagogy and the Transmission of the Knowledge of God: The Discursive Background of the School Movement 39 2. The School of the Persians (Part 1): Rereading the Sources 58 3. The School of the Persians (Part 2): From Ethnic Circle to Theological School 79 4. The School of Nisibis 94 5. The Scholastic Genre: The Cause of the Foundation of the Schools 115 6. The Reception of Theodore of Mopsuestia in the School of Nisibis 130 7. Spelling God's Name with the Letters of Creation: The Use of Neoplatonic Aristotle in the Cause 143 8. A Typology of East-Syrian Schools 172 9. The Monastic Context of the East-Syrian School Movement 186 Conclusion: Study as Ritual in the Church of the East 221 Notes 228 Bibliography 292 Index 304 A 304 B 305 C 305 D 306 E 306 F 307 G 307 H 307 I 307 J 308 K 308 L 308 M 308 N 309 O 309 P 309 Q 310 R 310 S 310 T 311 U 312 V 312 W 312 X 312 Y 312 Z 312 Acknowledgments 314

Author

Adam H. Becker;

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