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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silvas, Anna M., author.

Contributor:

Silvas, Anna, translator.

Series:

Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; Volume 3.

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

Standardized Title:

Small asketikon. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders--Early works to 1800.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379. Small asketikon.

Basil, Saint.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brill 2014

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 .

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

Sigla and Abbreviations

English Translation of ܫܘ̈ܐܠܐ ܕܐܚ̈ܐ: Quaestiones Fratrum

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index of Scriptural Citations and Allusions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379. Small asketikon. Syriac.

ISBN:

90-04-26681-X

OCLC:

880826931

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004266810 DOI