Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian

Informationen zum Autor Richard P. H. Greenfield is Professor of Byzantine History at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Klappentext The Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church. The Life was written more than 30 years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist Niketas Stethatos. This translation, based on an authoritative Greek edition, makes it accessible to English readers for the first time. Zusammenfassung The Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church. The Life was written more than 30 years after Symeon’s death by his disciple and apologist Niketas Stethatos. This translation, based on an authoritative Greek edition, makes it accessible to English readers for the first time.

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• Authors: Nikaetas, Ho Stethatos Niketas, Niketas Stethatos, Stethatos Niketas
• Assisted by: Richard P H Greenfield (Translation), Richard P. H. Greenfield (Translation), Richard P.H. Greenfield (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.2013
• EAN: 9780674057982
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05798-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Spirituality, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Medieval History, Biography: religious & spiritual, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, Biography: religious and spiritual, The Early Church