Stephanie K. Skoyles Jarkins, "Aphrahat the Persian Sage and the Temple of God"
English | 2008 | pages: 254 | ISBN: 1593336799 | PDF | 1,4 mb
This books examines Aphrahat the Persian Sage's views of asceticism, sacramental theology, Christology, and ecclesiology and concludes that Aphrahat, a mid-fourth century Christian author, uses themes with ancient roots, including Merkabah traditions of the temple and applies these traditions to the Christian experience of God.