The life of Saint Symeon the new theologian

The life of Saint Symeon the new theologian
Nikētas ho Stēthatos, Nikētas ...
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The life of Saint Symeon the new theologian

"Today the Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian (ca. 949 to 1022 ce) is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church and revered as one of its most influential spiritual thinkers. But in his own time a cloud of controversy surrounded him and the suspicion of heresy tainted his reputation long afterward. The Life was written more than thirty years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist the theologian Niketas Stethatos, who also edited all of Symeon's spiritual writings. An unusually valuable piece of Byzantine hagiography, it not only presents compelling descriptions of Symeon's visions, mystical inspiration, and role as a monastic founder, but also provides vivid glimpses into the often bitter and unpleasantly conflicted politics of monasticism and the construction of sanctity and orthodoxy at the zenith of the medieval Byzantine Empire. Although the many volumes of Symeon's spiritual writings are now readily available in English, the present translation makes the Life accessible to English readers for the first time. It is based on an authoritative edition of the Greek."--Publisher's description.

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English
Pages
422

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2013, Harvard University Press
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Table of Contents

Note on the Text
Note to the Text
Notes to the translation.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-417) and index.

Greek text with English translation.

Published in
Cambridge, Mass
Series
Dumbarton Oaks medieval library -- 20, Dumbarton Oaks medieval library -- 20.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
270.3092, B
Library of Congress
BX395.S9 N55 2013, BX395.S9N55 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxv, 422 pages
Number of pages
422

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28389836M
ISBN 10
0674057988
ISBN 13
9780674057982
LCCN
2012030827
OCLC/WorldCat
809988945

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