The Gnostic Chapters: A Critical Edition and Translation of Evagrius Ponticus' Kephalaia Gnostika in Arabic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004539709)

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.

Author: Stephen J. Davis
ISBN-10: 9004539700
ISBN-13: 9789004539709
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2023
Pages: 436
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.14w x 1.10d