De tekst en parateksten in het Boek van de Ladder van Johannes van Sinaï: constructie van het ladderbeeld en handschriftelijke traditie The text and paratexts in the Book of the Ladder by John of Sinaï: construction of the ladder and manuscript tradition KU Leuven
The study on the ladder as the way to perfection are based on the pagan and Christian texts between the 3rd and the 7th century AD, especially on the ascetic treatise named the Ladder of Divine Ascent, composed by John Cimacus.
It would be necessary to compare the gradation of the virtues of the Neoplatonists with the patristic exegesis of Jacob's vision of the ladder; to show the complexity of spiritual progression (three dimensions: ...