The Role of Death in the Ladder of Ascent and the Greek Ascetic Tradition (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

by JonathanL.Zecher (Author)

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  2015

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  This book is a study of the Ladder of Divine Ascent by the Palestinian ascetic, John Climacus (c.570-c.649), examining the role of death in the development of Christian identity both within the text and in other Greek literature in the centuries preceding its composition.