TY  - JOUR
ID  - 2765
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/buck_sapiential_theosis
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Sapiential Theosis: A New Reading of Ephrem the Syrian's Hymns on Paradise
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JF  - Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society
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A1  - Buck,Christopher
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Y1  - 1995
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VL  - 9.2
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SP  - 80–125
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M3  - Articles; Histories
SN  -         
LA  - English
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AB  - Prepublication chapter from Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baha'i Faith (Albany: SUNY Press, 1999). St. Eprem the Syrian is generally regarded as the greatest Christian poet of Late Antiquity.
N1  - SUNY Press flyer: click here. Paradise and Paradigm is the first formal (academic) comparative study of the Bahá'í Faith and Christianity (even though there is an abundance of popular, apologetic literature on the topic). The choice of "Persian Christianity" is important for historical and cultural reasons, as this is a comparison of two commensurables (two Persian religions) rather than "apples and oranges."
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KW  - Christianity
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - Ephrem
KW  - Interfaith dialogue
KW  - Iran (documents)
KW  - Metaphors and allegories
KW  - Paradise
KW  - Symbolism
KW  - Syria
ER  -