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

by Stephen J. Davis

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004539700
• ISBN13: 9789004539709
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 436 Pages