Book of Steps

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gptkbp:instanceOf Syriac Christian text
gptkbp:author anonymous
gptkbp:date late 4th century
gptkbp:genre spiritual treatise
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Book of Steps
gptkbp:influenced East Syriac monasticism
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Semitic_languages
gptkbp:mainTheme asceticism
spiritual progress
two ways (perfect and upright)
gptkbp:notableIdea gptkb:charity
gptkb:prayer
gptkb:religious_organization
fasting
humility
obedience
spiritual guidance
community life
spiritual hierarchy
spiritual struggle
perfection
uprightness
ascetic practice
two paths: perfect and upright
gptkbp:numberOfDiscourses 30
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:British_Library
Vatican Library
gptkbp:regionOfOrigin gptkb:Upper_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:subject gptkb:spirituality
Christian ethics
monastic life
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Church_of_the_East
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Syriac
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Syriac_Christianity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6