What emerges at the end of this book is an image of West-Syrian Christianity as a tradition that is neither monolithic nor solely focused on dogmatism, but very much alive, constantly attuned to the need to integrate theology and practice, and constantly and creatively revisiting its biblical and patristic past in order to strengthen its identity.

David A. Michelson. The Practical Christology of Philoxenos of Mabbug. Oxford University Press, 2014.

From Marginalia. Review by Iuliana Viezure, Seton Hall University