TABLE OF CONTENTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. SYRIAC TRANSLITERATION TABLE xi
4. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xix
6. CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1
7. CHAPTER TWO: SYRIAC “PROTO-MONASTIC” TRADITION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONASTICISM IN THE FOURTH CENTURY 23
8. CHAPTER THREE: THE STRUCTURE OF THE MONASTIC PROFESSION IN THE WEST-SYRIAC TRADITION 43
9. CHAPTER FOUR: COMPARISON WITH THE WEST-SYRIAC BAPTISMAL RITE 103
10. CONCLUSION 139
11. APPENDIX 141
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 285
13. INDEX 295