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This collection explores how the body became a touchstone for late
antique religious practice and imagination. When we read the
stories and testimonies of late ancient Christians, what different
types of bodies stand before us? How do we understand the range of
bodily experiences-solitary and social, private and public-that
clothed ancient Christians? How can bodily experience help us
explore matters of gender, religious identity, class, and
ethnicity? The Garb of Being investigates these questions through
stories from the Eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and
martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies.
Contributors include S. Abrams Rebillard, T. Arentzen, S. P. Brock,
R. S. Falcasantos , C. M. Furey, S. H. Griffith, R. Krawiec, B.
McNary-Zak, J.-N. Mellon Saint-Laurent, C. T. Schroeder, A. P.
Urbano, F. M. Young
Sydney H. Griffith provides a basic overview of Syriac authors that
addressed the issue of Islam in their writings. Griffith discusses
the major themes and common content of this literature and focuses
on the dialogue genre.
With a focus on the Kitab Adab al-falasifah, a book of aphorisms
attributed to Hunayn ibn Ishaq, some of the important aspects of
the Kitab are laid out, particularly those dealing with religion
and the pursuit of philosophy. Although putatively, translators and
scholars such as Hunayn ibn Ishaq, opened the way for philosophical
dialogue between Muslims and Christians of Orthodox churches on
precepts, often based on Aristotle, which they could agree would
lead to wisdom and a humane society.
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