Dadisho' Qarraya's Compendious Commentary on the Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers in Garshuni |
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| Editor:
| Kozah, Mario
Mourad, Suleiman
Abu-Husayn, Abdulrahim |
| Series title: | Texts from Christian Late Antiquity Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4632-0566-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2019 |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press, LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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The Compendious Commentary by the Church of the East monk Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya (7th cent.) was originally written in Syriac but was eventually translated into Garshuni or Syro-Arabic. It is a work aimed at immersing the novice monk in the spiritual lore of the monastic vocation, and saturating his mind and spirit with advice and warnings about the pitfalls of aiming to be perfect while remaining nevertheless an imperfect human being. This is a critical edition and translation of...
More DescriptionThe Compendious Commentary by the Church of the East monk Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya (7th cent.) was originally written in Syriac but was eventually translated into Garshuni or Syro-Arabic. It is a work aimed at immersing the novice monk in the spiritual lore of the monastic vocation, and saturating his mind and spirit with advice and warnings about the pitfalls of aiming to be perfect while remaining nevertheless an imperfect human being. This is a critical edition and translation of the Compendious Commentary in Garshuni that uses all available manuscripts.