Der Ktaba D-Durrasa (Ktaba D-Ma'wata) Des Elija Al-Anbari. Memra I-III: T. [German]

by Andreas Juckel

Elija, east-Syrian (nestorian) bishop of al-Anbar west of Baghdad flourished in the first half of the Xth century. His voluminous Ktaba d-Durrasa (Book of Instruction) is composed of metrical stanzas and consists of thirty centuries (therefore known as Ktaba d-Ma'wata), arranged in ten Memre. It is a work of didactic poetry, deeply influenced by Dionysius the Areopagite and his theory of symbolism. We meet a manual of theoria based on Scripture, nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 9068317768
• ISBN13: 9789068317763
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"