Capita ascetica Serdicensia: (an early Byzantine anthology of Christian precepts) : a critical edition of the Greek text with an introduction and English translation
This book offers the critical editio princeps with an English translation of an early Byzantine anthology of Christian precepts in 264 chapters intended for monks as well as lay persons. The Greek text was discovered only recently by the editor, who identified, studied and edited it from a single ex...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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Leuven
Peeters
2021
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| In: |
Spicilegium sacrum Lovaniense (fascicule 59)
Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Spicilegium sacrum Lovaniense
fascicule 59 Spicilegium sacrum Lovaniense Studia breviora 4 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Byzantine Empire
/ Christian
/ Manner of living
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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| Summary: | This book offers the critical editio princeps with an English translation of an early Byzantine anthology of Christian precepts in 264 chapters intended for monks as well as lay persons. The Greek text was discovered only recently by the editor, who identified, studied and edited it from a single extant manuscript kept in Bulgaria. The collection Capita ascetica Serdicensia is introduced here as a unique product of the early Byzantine literary tradition offering a glimpse into the cultural and religious attitudes served and into the working method of its compiler |
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| ISBN: | 9042943475 |