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- Declaration
- Certificate (Guide)
- Certificate (Director)
- Abstract
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Transliteration table
- Vowel extension table
- Contents
- General introduction
- 1. Origin of the Feast of Epiphany
- Established Theories on the Origin of the Feast of Epiphany
- The prominence of the Feast of Epiphany in the Early Eastern Church
- Jewish Elements and influences in Syriac Christianity
- The Origins of the Feast of Epiphany in the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles
- Syriac Lectionary BM Add 14 528
- Date of the Feast as 6th January
- 2. The Order of the Feast of Epiphany in the West Syriac Tradition
- 2.2. Characteristics of West Syriac Order of the Feast of Epiphany
- 2.3. The History of the Order of the Blessing of the Water
- 2.4. The Feast of Epiphany in the Malankara Orthodox Church in India
- BM1: ADD.14495 – History
- BM2: ADD.14499 History
- M‘AD‘DONO: History
- PAMPAKUDA: History
- 2.6. Common Elements of the Order of the Feast of Epiphany
- 3. The Major Influences on the Themes of the Feast of Epiphany
- 4. The Feast of Epiphany as the Feast of the Divine Manifestation
- 4.2. The Revelation of the Son
- 4.3. Holy Spirit in Christ’s Baptism: The ‘Finger’ of the Father
- 4.4. The Manifestation of the Holy Trinity
- 4.5. Epiphany as Feast of Lights
- 5. The Feast of Epiphany as the Feast of Baptism
- 6. The Feast of Epiphany as the Bridal Feast of the Holy Church
- 7. Epiphany as the Catechesis of the Living Waters
- 8. General conclusion
- 9. Appendix No.1: English Translation of the PAMPAKUDA Text
- 9.1. Appendix No.2. Table 1: Chronological Table of the celebration of the Feast of Epiphany
- 9.2. Appendix No.3. Table 2: Similarity between the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles and the West Syriac Feast of Epiphany
- 9.3. Appendix No.4. Table 3: Structural Overview of Four Texts
- 9.4. Appendix No.5. Table 4: Comparison of the Common Elements found in four texts
- 9.5. Appendix No. 6. Table 5: Readings in the Epiphany season
- Bibliography