The Mesopotamian School & Theodore of Mopsuestia

Two theses are presented in this book. First that there is an overarching School of Thought in Mesopotamia consistent in its basic tenets from ancient times to the late middle ages and that this Mesopotamian School is fundamentally realistic as opposed to idealistic. Second that the Christology of Theodore of Mopsuestia as read as an expression of this School is orthodox by the Chalcedonian standard. Included in the Appendices are complete translations of Mar Narsai's 16th and 35th Metrical Sermons on human nature and the Trinity respectively as well as of his Dialogue Between the Watcher & Mary.