Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya’s Compendious Commentary on The Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers in Garshuni

The Compendious Commentary by the Church of the East monk Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya (7th cent.) was originally written in Syriac but was eventually translated into Garshuni or Syro-Arabic. It is a work aimed at immersing the novice monk in the spiritual lore of the monastic vocation, and saturating his mind...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Abu-Husayn, Abdulrahim (HerausgeberIn), Kozah, Mario (HerausgeberIn), Mourad, Suleiman (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press [2016]
Zusammenfassung:
The Compendious Commentary by the Church of the East monk Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya (7th cent.) was originally written in Syriac but was eventually translated into Garshuni or Syro-Arabic. It is a work aimed at immersing the novice monk in the spiritual lore of the monastic vocation, and saturating his mind and spirit with advice and warnings about the pitfalls of aiming to be perfect while remaining nevertheless an imperfect human being. This is a critical edition and translation of the Compendious Commentary in Garshuni that uses all available manuscripts
Umfang:
1 online resource (374 p.)
Schriftenreihe:
Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
ISBN:
9781463236861
DOI:
10.31826/9781463236861
Schlagworte:
RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
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