The complete text of the Letters of Barsanuphius and John appears here in English for the first time. John Chryssavgis's faithful and deft translation brings vividness and freshness to the wisdom of a distant world, ensuring its accessibility to contemporary readers. Addressed to local monastics, lay Christians, and ecclesiastical leaders, these remarkable questions and responses (850 of them) offer a unique glimpse into the sixth-century religious, political, and secular world of Gaza and Palestine during a period torn by doctrinal controversy and in a context shaped by the tradition of the early desert fathers.
Author(s): by Satin Barsanuphius (Author), John Chryssavgis (Translator)
Series: Fathers of the Church Patristic Series 113
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 357
Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations ix
Select Bibliography xi
Introduction (
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Prologue !,
Letters to John of Beersheba (,–D*) !(
Letters to an Egyptian Monk and to
Paul the Hermit (DD–D+) #+
Letters to Abba Euthymius (D)–A,) A*
Letters to an elderly monk named Andrew (A!–,!() )A
Letters to the monk Theodore (,!*–,(,) ,*!
Letters to a monk who used riddles (,(!–,(A/) ,D*
Letters to various hermits (,(+–!,") ,#!
Letters to a monk, who was a priest (!,,–!,() !,)
Letters to monks about illness and death (!,*–!!() !!!
Letters to various monks (!!*–!D,) !!A
Letters to Dorotheus of Gaza (!D!–((+) !D#
Letters to various monks ((()–(*A/) (,"
Letter to the brother of Barsanuphius ((*+) (!"
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Index of Names and Places (!(
Index of Subjects and Key Words (!#
Index of Holy Scripture ((A
