Wisdom of the Pearlers: An Anthology of Syriac Christian Mysticism

The pearlers we meet in this book were early monks of Syria, Mesopotamia (Iraq), and Persia (Iran), They saw themselves as pearl-divers and pearl-merchants searching, through asceticism and prayer, for the precious pearls of mystical experience. Their quest led them into the wilderness, to a state of silent solitude in remote caves and hermitages. Working from Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum and the Vatican Library, and from the Greek monastery of Saint Catherine in the wilderness of Sinai and the Coptic monastery of the Syrians (Der es-Suriani) in the Egyptian desert, Brian E. Colless has produced a volume which draws modern readers into this little known world.

Author: Brian E. Colless
Publisher: Cistercian Publications
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.71w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780879073169

About the Author
Colless, Brian E.: - Australian both, Brian Edric Colless holds both a Ph.D. and a Th.D. From 1970 until 2001 he taught religious studies at Massey University of New Zealand. He continues to pursue his research into the syriac religious tradition, and also studies ancient writing systems, concentrating on the origin of the alphabet in the Bronze Age.

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