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Evagrius of Pontus: The Gnostic Trilogy

Name: Evagrius of Pontus: The Gnostic Trilogy
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Contributors:

Robin Darling Young (Commentaries by), Robin Darling Young (Translator), Joel Kalvesmaki (Commentaries by)

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Religion

Book Subcategory:

Christianity, Philosophy

Book Topic:

History

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Release Date:

2023-12-19

ISBN 13:

9780199997671

Weight:

1.9 lbs

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8.80 x 6.50 x 2.40 inches

Pages:

528

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The Gnostic Trilogy is the best-known and most important work by the ascetic philosopher and teacher Evagrius of Pontus. Among the writers of his age, Evagrius stands out for his short, perplexing, and absorbing aphorisms, which provide sharp insight into philosophy, Scripture, human nature, and the natural world.

The first part of the trilogy, the Praktikos (The Practiced One), provides a diagnosis and treatment of the eight tempting thoughts. It was a foundational text for monastic asceticism and was the basis for the later Seven Deadly sins tradition. The second, Gnostikos (The Knower), explains how someone who has mastered the body and mental delusions should teach others. The third, longest, and most controversial, the Kephalaia gnostika (Gnostic Chapters), ranges broadly over the origin of the universe, the nature of rational beings, and the hidden symbols of Scripture. This part was responsible for Evagrius's condemnation as a heretic and, as a result, does not survive intact in the original Greek and must be restored from ancient translations.

This volume presents the Trilogy in its entirety for the first time since antiquity and provides a fresh, comprehensive English translation of all three works, in all their known ancient versions, both Greek and Syriac. Detailed explanatory notes, cross-references to Scripture, to ancient literature, and to Evagrius's other writings, as well as commentary on the translation techniques of the Syriac translators, provide the necessary resources for understanding this significant but puzzling text.

About the Author
Robin Darling Young is Associate Professor of Church History at the Catholic University of America.

Joel Kalvesmaki holds a fellowship at Catholic University of America and is the director of the Text Alignment Network.

Columba Stewart is Professor of Theology at Saint John's University and executive director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript library.

Charles M. Stang is Professor of Early Christian Thought and the Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School.

Luke Dysinger is Professor of Church History and Moral Theology at St. John's Seminary. Introduction
Abbreviations
Praktikos
Gnostikos
Kephalaia Gnostika
Bibliography
Select Writings of Evagrius
Quotations and Direct Allusions
Cross References

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