Table of Contents (page 5) Preface (page 9) Abbreviations (page 11) Method of Citation (page 13) Introduction (page 15) The Symbols of the Spirit (page 27) The Sources (page 37) The Gifts of the Spirit (page 61) The Invocations to the Spirit (page 99) The Holy Spirit and the Eucharist (page 151) The Holy Spirit and Mary (page 165) Baptism as Pentecost (page 171) Appendix 1: The Transition to a Post-Baptismal Anointing in the Antiochene Rite (page 179) Appendix 2: The Holy Spirit as Feminine in Early Syriac Literature (page 189) Index of Biblical References (page 203) Index of Syriac Passages Quoted in Translation (page 207) Index of Persons, Places Select Terms (page 210) Index of Modern Scholars (page 214).
The Holy Spirit in the Syrian Baptismal Tradition