The Gnostic Chapters - A Critical Edition and Translation of Evagrius Ponticus' Kephalaia Gnostika in Arabic

In the late fourth century, the early Christian monk and author Evagrius Ponticus wrote his magnum opus in Greek--entitled Kephalaia Gnostika ("Gnostic Chapters")--a spiritual treatise on ascetic contemplation and unity with God. After Evagrius' death, however, his theology attracted controversy, and many of his writings were suppressed or destroyed. As a result, complete copies of this important work principally survived only in Syriac translations and an Armenian adaptation, until the recent discovery of two Arabic copies at the so-called Monastery of the Syrians in Egypt. The present volume represents the first-ever critical edition and translation of the Kephalaia Gnostika in that language

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• Authors: Stephen J Davis, Stephen J. Davis
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9789004539709
• ISBN: 978-90-04-53970-9
• No. of pages: 436
• Series: Arabic Christianity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works