Towards a New History of Syriac Asceticism. An Important Desideratum

This is a first attempt at reimagining the History of Syriac Asceticism to which Arthur Vööbus devoted three volumes from 1958-1988. In the decades since, a great amount of research on all aspects of Syriac asceticism has emerged. Suggestions are offered regarding the range of new materials which could be included, as well as possible strategies for a renewed narrative of how Syriac asceticism developed and the shapes and varieties it assumed.