OSS 811 Patrology: Syriac Fathers
Program : Baccalaureate in Theology Semester : S6 Credits : 3 Teacher : Kollamkulam A. Aim The aim of this course is to familiarize Syriac theological literature of Christian antiquity. We deal with the following themes here: (1) Odes of Solomon (2) Erroneous teachings of Bardaisan (3) Acts of Thomas (4) Bible in the Syriac tradition (5) Early Syriac Monasticism: Jacob of Nisibis (6) Aphrahat: 23 Demonstrations (7) Ephrem: His Works. Theology of Imageries. Poetic style. Theology of Baptism and Eucharist (8) Book of Steps (9) School of Antioch: Diodore of Tarsus; Theodore of Mopsuestia: Christology and the method of exegesis; Theodore! of Cyrus: Christology (10) History of the School of Edessa/Nisibis: Narsai: liturgical homilies; Babai the Great: Christology (11)…