Evagrius's Kephalaia Gnostika: A New Translation of the Unreformed Text from the Syriac

Evagrius's Kephalaia Gnostika: A New Translation of the Unreformed Text from the Syriac
ISBN-10
1628370408
ISBN-13
9781628370409
Category
Religion
Pages
508
Language
English
Published
2015-10-29
Publisher
SBL Press
Author
Ilaria L.E. Ramelli

Description

A new English translation for scholars and students of church history Evagrius exerted a striking impact on the development of spirituality, of Origenism, and of the spiritual interpretation of the Bible in Greek, Syriac, and Latin Christianity. This English translation of the most complete Syriac version of Kephalaia Gnostika makes Evagrius Ponticus's thoughts concerning reality, God, protology, eschatology, anthropology, and allegorical exegesis of Scripture widely available. Features: English translation of the longer Syriac version discovered by Antoine Guillaumont Commentary provides an integrated analysis of Evagrius's ascetic and philosophical writings Extensive introduction on the importance of Evagrius and the context of his writings

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