TY - BOOK AU - Vööbus Arthur ED - Universitatis Catholicae Americae ED - Universitatis Catholicae Lovaniensis TI - History of asceticism in the Syrian Orient. : A contribution to the History of Culture in the Near East / SN - 00700444 PY - 1958///-1988 CY - Lovain: PB - Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, KW - Asceticism KW - History KW - Syria KW - Persia KW - Monasticism KW - Sources KW - Manichaen monasticism KW - Christian morality KW - Oriental Orthodox churches N1 - Vol. I Quot. manuscr. - p.: 327-328; Index of names and places - p.: 329-338; Vol. II Quot. manuscr. - p.: 415-418; Index of names and places - p.: 419-432; Vol. III Index of manuscr. - p.: 443-447; Index of names and places - p.: 448-457;; Vol I [CSCO Vol. 184: T. 14] -; The origins of the asceticism. Early monasticism in Persia [The earliest asceticism and monasticism; Asceticism and monasticism in Persia],; 1958.-XXXVII+342 p.; Vol II [CSCO Vol. 197: T. 17] -; Early monasticism in Mesopotamia and Syria [The earliest monasticism; Further development of monasticism; Ephrem the Syrian; Post-Ephremic monasticism; Development in Coenobitism; Some influential figures; A repertory of the more outstanding monasteries; The ascetic physiognomy of Syrian monasticism; In quest of idiosyncrasy; Asceticism and religion; Asceticism and social concern; Asceticism and intellectual culture],; 1960.-XXXII+437 p.; Vol III [CSCO Vol. 500: T. 81] -; [The earliest sources of stimuli for asceticism; Monasticism in the light of the earliest legislative sources; Early sources of stimuli for asceticism; Stimuli for developed spirituality; Monasticism in the light of the legislative sources; Monasticism during the birth pangs of the monophysite church; The role of Syrian monasticism in missionary expansion; Missionary expansion among the Arabs within the Syrian orient; Missionary expansion outside the Syrian orient; Monasticism in the light of legislative sources; The period of Islamic invasion; Conditions during the era of the Umayyads; Sources of stimuli for spirituality and asceticism; Monasticism in the light of the legislative sources; Conditions during the era of the Abbasids; Conditions during the era of the Abbasids (continuation); The vortex of catastrophes and the decline; Restoration of monasticism in Tur'Abdin; Attempts to revive the literary treatment of asceticism; The impact of monasticism upon the Muslim Arabs]; 1988.-XLIII+464 p. ER -