Robert A. Kitchen is a minister of Knox-Metropolitan United Church, Regina, Saskatchewan. He read for the D.Phil at Oxford in Syriac literature under the supervision of Sebastian P. Brock. With Martien F. G. Parmentier, Robert A. Kitchen translated and introduced The Book of Steps: The Syriac Liber Graduum, CS 196 (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian, 2004).

• ContentsPreface   viiIntroduction to the Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug   xiiiList of Abbreviations   lxxxMēmrā 1:  Introduction   1Mēmrā 2:  On Faith   18Mēmrā 3:  On Faith   39Mēmrā  4:  On Simplicity   56Mēmrā 5:  On Simplicity   95Mēmrā 6:  On the Fear of God  126Mēmrā  7:  On the Fear of God   151Mēmrā  8:  On Renunciation of the World   176Mēmrā  9:  On Renunciation of the World   203Mēmrā  10:  On Gluttony   275Mēmrā  11:  On Asceticism   327Mēmrā  12:  On Fornication  386Mēmrā  13:  On Fornication   428Bibliography   489Biblical References   502Index of Topics   509

Robert A. Kitchen is a minister of Knox-Metropolitan United Church, Regina, Saskatchewan. He read for the D.Phil at Oxford in Syriac literature under the supervision of Sebastian P. Brock. With Martien F. G. Parmentier, Robert A. Kitchen translated and introduced The Book of Steps: The Syriac Liber Graduum, CS 196 (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian, 2004).

• ContentsPreface   viiIntroduction to the Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug   xiiiList of Abbreviations   lxxxMēmrā 1:  Introduction   1Mēmrā 2:  On Faith   18Mēmrā 3:  On Faith   39Mēmrā  4:  On Simplicity   56Mēmrā 5:  On Simplicity   95Mēmrā 6:  On the Fear of God  126Mēmrā  7:  On the Fear of God   151Mēmrā  8:  On Renunciation of the World   176Mēmrā  9:  On Renunciation of the World   203Mēmrā  10:  On Gluttony   275Mēmrā  11:  On Asceticism   327Mēmrā  12:  On Fornication  386Mēmrā  13:  On Fornication   428Bibliography   489Biblical References   502Index of Topics   509

Robert A. Kitchen is a minister of Knox-Metropolitan United Church, Regina, Saskatchewan. He read for the D.Phil at Oxford in Syriac literature under the supervision of Sebastian P. Brock. With Martien F. G. Parmentier, Robert A. Kitchen translated and introduced The Book of Steps: The Syriac Liber Graduum, CS 196 (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian, 2004).

• ContentsPreface   viiIntroduction to the Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug   xiiiList of Abbreviations   lxxxMēmrā 1:  Introduction   1Mēmrā 2:  On Faith   18Mēmrā 3:  On Faith   39Mēmrā  4:  On Simplicity   56Mēmrā 5:  On Simplicity   95Mēmrā 6:  On the Fear of God  126Mēmrā  7:  On the Fear of God   151Mēmrā  8:  On Renunciation of the World   176Mēmrā  9:  On Renunciation of the World   203Mēmrā  10:  On Gluttony   275Mēmrā  11:  On Asceticism   327Mēmrā  12:  On Fornication  386Mēmrā  13:  On Fornication   428Bibliography   489Biblical References   502Index of Topics   509