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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464061003321

Autore

Silvas Anna M.

Titolo

Basil of Caesarea Questions of the brothers : Syriac Text and English Translation. / / by Anna M. Silvas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-26681-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity, , 2213-0039 ; ; Volume 3

Disciplina

248.8942

Soggetti

Monasticism and religious orders

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Sigla and Abbreviations -- English Translation of ܫܘ̈ܐܠܐ ܕܐܚ̈ܐ: Quaestiones Fratrum -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index of Scriptural Citations and Allusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Basil of Caesarea (c. 328-378) was the great father of Christian monasticism in eastern Anatolia, whose influence spread into all the Greek, Latin and Syriac speaking churches. Basil’s counsels for ascetics in community are collected in his Asketikon . The earliest version, the Small Asketikon , did not survive in the Greek, but only in a Latin translation ( The Rule of Basil ), and in a Syriac translation ( The Questions of the Brothers ). Silvas presents the first ever edition of the entire Syriac translation, drawn from five manuscripts, the oldest from the late 5th century. The introductory study shows how the Syriac translator was himself a warm-hearted spiritual father who made his own authorial contributions to the Questions of the Brothers .