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A Newly Discovered Greek Father : Cassian the Sabaite eclipsed by John Cassian of Marseilles.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Vigiliae Christianae, SupplementsPublication details: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (732 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004225275
  • 9004225277
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Newly Discovered Greek Father : Cassian the Sabaite eclipsed by John Cassian of Marseilles.DDC classification:
  • 255
LOC classification:
  • BX2435
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
A Newly DiscoveredGreek Father; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Cassian's Life; The Texts in Context; On the Rules and Regulations of the Coenobia; Notes to the Text; On the Eight considerations of evil; Notes to the Text; On the Holy Fathers living at Scetis; Notes to the Text; First Contribution by abba Serenus; Notes to the Text; Contribution by Abba Serenus on the Panaretus Wisdom; Notes to the Text; Appendix I: Cassian and Caesarius Identified; Caesarius of Nazianzus; The Title of Pseudo-Caesarius' Treatise; A Monk Teaching; Caesarius and Sixth-Century Origenism.
Caesarius and Dionysius AreopagiteCassian and Caesarius: A Common Vernacular; Vocabulary; History; Cassian/Caesarius; Appendix II: Pseudo-Didymus' De Trinitate Is Cassian's Work; The Author in His Own Words; Precarious Statements; Neoplatonism; Proclus, but not Dionysius; A Sixth-Century Author; Caesarius; Antioch; The Vision of the Candlestick by Prophet Zachariah (Zach. 3:8-4:14); De Trinitate and the Scholia in Apocalypsin; De Trinitate and Cassian; Appendix III: An Unpublished Greek Text by Cassian the Sabaite; Introduction; A Feast Day Once in Four Years.
Cassian and the Chronicon PaschaleCassian the Astronomer; Conclusion; The Text. Codex Metamorphosis 573, Meteora, folia 209r-209v; Notes to the Text; Bibliography; I. Codices; II. Primary Sources; III. Modern Sources; IV. Ancient Lexica of Greek Language; Index of Persons of Antiquity, Locations, and Notions; Index of Greek Terms, Names, and Expressions; Index of Modern Authors.
Summary: A critical edition an ancient manuscript, which has resulted in discovery of Cassian the Sabaite, whom Medieval forgery extinguished, by attributing heavily interpolated Latin translations of this Greek original to a figment called 'John Cassian'. This erudite Sabaite intellectual is Pseudo-Caesarius and the author of Pseudo Didymus' De Trinitate.
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A Newly DiscoveredGreek Father; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Cassian's Life; The Texts in Context; On the Rules and Regulations of the Coenobia; Notes to the Text; On the Eight considerations of evil; Notes to the Text; On the Holy Fathers living at Scetis; Notes to the Text; First Contribution by abba Serenus; Notes to the Text; Contribution by Abba Serenus on the Panaretus Wisdom; Notes to the Text; Appendix I: Cassian and Caesarius Identified; Caesarius of Nazianzus; The Title of Pseudo-Caesarius' Treatise; A Monk Teaching; Caesarius and Sixth-Century Origenism.

Caesarius and Dionysius AreopagiteCassian and Caesarius: A Common Vernacular; Vocabulary; History; Cassian/Caesarius; Appendix II: Pseudo-Didymus' De Trinitate Is Cassian's Work; The Author in His Own Words; Precarious Statements; Neoplatonism; Proclus, but not Dionysius; A Sixth-Century Author; Caesarius; Antioch; The Vision of the Candlestick by Prophet Zachariah (Zach. 3:8-4:14); De Trinitate and the Scholia in Apocalypsin; De Trinitate and Cassian; Appendix III: An Unpublished Greek Text by Cassian the Sabaite; Introduction; A Feast Day Once in Four Years.

Cassian and the Chronicon PaschaleCassian the Astronomer; Conclusion; The Text. Codex Metamorphosis 573, Meteora, folia 209r-209v; Notes to the Text; Bibliography; I. Codices; II. Primary Sources; III. Modern Sources; IV. Ancient Lexica of Greek Language; Index of Persons of Antiquity, Locations, and Notions; Index of Greek Terms, Names, and Expressions; Index of Modern Authors.

A critical edition an ancient manuscript, which has resulted in discovery of Cassian the Sabaite, whom Medieval forgery extinguished, by attributing heavily interpolated Latin translations of this Greek original to a figment called 'John Cassian'. This erudite Sabaite intellectual is Pseudo-Caesarius and the author of Pseudo Didymus' De Trinitate.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

English and Greek.