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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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Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction A Note on Editorial and Translational Methods Evagrius Ponticus’ Kephalaia Gnostika: An English Translation of the Arabic Text Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Supplemental Chapters Figures Key to the Supplemental Chapters Bibliography Index of Arabic Terms Index of Biblical Citations and Allusions

The Gnostic Chapters: A Critical Edition and Translation of Evagrius Ponticus’ Kephalaia Gnostika in Arabic

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      Publisher: Brill
      Publication Date: 13/07/2023
      ISBN13: 9789004539709, 978-9004539709
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      Book Synopsis
      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

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction A Note on Editorial and Translational Methods Evagrius Ponticus’ Kephalaia Gnostika: An English Translation of the Arabic Text Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Supplemental Chapters Figures Key to the Supplemental Chapters Bibliography Index of Arabic Terms Index of Biblical Citations and Allusions

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