This dissertation explores the use of 'Rest' ([special characters omitted]) terminology in the Pseudo-Macarian Corpus, dating between 370 and 420 CE in the region of Syro-Mesopotamia or Asia Minor. The study examines the ways that Pseudo-Macarius uses this significant terminolog…
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The present dissertation shows that Cyril of Jerusalem's text of the New Testament had varying affinities, but that it was for the most part moving from the Alexandrian toward the Byzantine text-type. Chapters 1 and 2 contain the background for understanding Cyril's life and the…
This dissertation charts the intersection of exegesis, rhetoric, and performance in Ephrem's Hymns on Faith, arguing for a two-pronged interpretation of these poetics: first, Ephrem presents Scripture as a collection of metaphors which God has arranged for the sake of a particul…
The main purpose of the dissertation is to explore Clement's christology. Contemporary studies of this christology often downplay its theo-anthropological dimension and thereby obscure the Clement's inheritance of a Christian Gospel as it was preached in Palestine. This study sh…
This dissertation explores the complexities of Epiphanius of Salamis on Cyprus (ca. 315-403 AD) as a thinker and an ecclesiastical authority in the late Roman world through a critical examination of the Panarion , an encyclopedic manual that compiled information on the beliefs, …
Certain manuscripts in the West Syrian tradition are entitled "a collection of smahe and qrayatâ ." This title reflects the distinctive character of these compilations as collections of vocalized and diacritically marked sample texts of "words and readings" taken from the Syriac…
The Pseudo-Clementine Homilies represent an important witness to 'Jewish Christianity' during the third and fourth centuries, and likely they preserve traditions from an even earlier era. This peculiar body of writings offers a distinct approach to the interpretation of the Pent…
Comparatively little Syriac literature predating the Council of Chalcedon (451) has survived to the present, but many believe Syriac poetry reached its apogee in the works of these early authors, the most illustrious being Ephrem the Syrian. Cyrillona (ca. 396) was Ephrem’s youn…
This thesis is an exploration of Gregory of Nyssa's thought regarding humanity, creation, and the relationship between the two. The first chapter provides an overview of the intellectual context within which Gregory worked. The second and third chapters examine how Gregory views…
This paper examines how Greek Christian authors engaged with the topics of poverty and wealth during the second and third centuries CE - a period of major transition for the Christian Church. Beginning with the latest documents in the Greek New Testament (c. 90 - 120), this stud…