There are countless under-studied or ignored authors from the Byzantine Empire awaiting scholarly attention. In the area of Byzantine spirituality the twelfth century as a whole has received little consideration, primarily owing to the perceived lack of any significant or noteworthy author. While the tenth-century mystic Symeon the New Theologian and the fourteenth-century hesychast Gregory Palamas have been the focus of much academic industry, little serious attention is paid to figures from the intervening centuries. Recognizing that literature on monasticism and empire in the twelfth century is extensive, this book hopes to fill the void that appears to have marked the study of spirituality of the same period by taking as its subject the twelfth -century monk and spiritual theologian Peter of Damascus. Peter of Damascus: Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian seeks to renew interest in a figure who was an important contributor to the larger field of Byzantine monasticism and spirituality. Using unedited manuscripts, prosopographical evidence, and published sources, this study attempts not only to recover the shape of Peter's life and work but also to elucidate his spirituality through a detailed examination of both The Admonition to His Own Soul and The Spiritual Alphabet, demonstrating the ways in which that spirituality remained accessible both to monastics and non-monastics.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-209) and index
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- CaOOCEL
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- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 281.9092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781771101462 9780888441751
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- BX395.P445
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- P48 2011eb
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- 1 electronic text (xii, 214 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00913064 (OCoLC)887634887 (CaOOCEL)439265
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- Title proper/short title
- Byzantine monk and spiritual theologian
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Table of Contents
- Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian 1
- Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian 3
- GREG PETERS 3
- Translated by hugh mcdonald with the collaboration of the author 3
- Acknowledgments 4
- Contents 7
- Abbreviations 9
- Acknowledgments 11
- Recovering a Lost Spiritual Theologian 13
- Locating and Dating Peter of Damascus 25
- Naming Peter of Damascus 49
- The Spiritual Theology of Peter of Damascus I 62
- The Spiritual Theology of Peter of Damascus II 130
- Λόγος Α 133
- Λόγος Β 136
- Λόγος Γ 139
- Λόγος Δ 140
- Λόγος Ε 142
- Λόγος Ζ 144
- Λόγος Η 145
- Λόγος Θ 146
- Λόγος Ι 148
- Λόγος Κ 150
- Λόγος Λ 151
- Λόγος Μ 152
- Λόγος Ν 154
- Λόγος Ξ 155
- Λόγος Ο 156
- Λόγος Π 158
- Λόγος Ρ 159
- Λόγος Σ 160
- Λόγος Τ 160
- Λόγος Υ 161
- Λόγος Φ 162
- Λόγος Χ 162
- Λόγος Ψ 164
- Λόγος Ω 167
- Monk and Laity in the Thought of Peter of Damascus 173
- A Treasury of Divine Knowledge and Wisdom 190
- Chart of Topical Comparisons 195
- The Introductory Verses of Peter of Damascuss 198
- Paris Bibliothèque Nationale Ancien gr. 1134 Variant 204
- Bibliography 207
- Index 222
