Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Note on Transliteration, Spelling, and Terlllinology xiii
5. Chronology xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. Divine Pedagogy and the Transmission of the Knowledge of God: The Discursive Background of the School Movement 22
8. Chapter 2. The School of the Persians (Part 1): Rereading the Sources 41
9. Chapter 3. The School of the Persians (Part 2): From Ethnic Circle to Theological School 62
10. Chapter 4. The School of Nisibis 77
11. Chapter 5. The Scholastic Genre: The Cause of the Foundation of the Schools 98
12. Chapter 6. The Reception of Theodore of Mopsuestia in the School of Nisibis 113
13. Chapter 7. Spelling God's Name with the Letters of Creation: The Use of Neoplatonic Aristotle in the Cause 126
14. Chapter 8. A Typology of the East-Syrian Schools 155
15. Chapter 9. The Monastic Context of the East-Syrian School Movement 169
16. Conclusion: Study as Ritual in the Church of the East 204
17. Notes 211
18. Bibliography 275
19. Index 287
20. Acknowledgments 297