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The Wisdom of the Pearlers: An Anthology of Syriac Christian Mysticism Volume 216

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The Wisdom of the Pearlers: An Anthology of Syriac Christian Mysticism Volume 216 - Colless, Brian E (Translated by)
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The pearlers we meet in this book were early monks of Syria, Mesopotamia (Iraq), and Persia (Iran). They saw themselves as pearl-divers and pearl-merchants searing--through asceticism and prayer--for the precious pearl of mystical experience. Their quest led them into the wilderness, to a state of silent solitude in remote caves and hermitages. Working from Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum, the Vatican Library, the Greek monastery of Saint Catherine in the wilderness of Sinai, and the Coptic monastery of the ...

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The Wisdom of the Pearlers: An Anthology of Syriac Christian Mysticism Volume 216 2008, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN

ISBN-13: 9780879073169

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