The Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug: A New Translation and Introduction Volume 235
The thirteen Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug (445-523) were delivered to new monks at a monastery under his episcopal care. Written in elegant Syriac, the Discourses deal with the fundamentals of the monastic and ascetic life-faith, simplicity, fear of God, renunciation, and the struggle against the demons of gluttony and fornication. This is Philoxenos's longest work and his most popular. It avoids the strident character of his letters and commentaries that were composed to advance the anti-Chalcedonian movement.

This is the first English translation of an important Syriac text since the 1894 translation, now difficult to find. The introduction to this translation of the Discourses takes into account the scholarly work done and the books and articles published about Philoxenos in the past half century. There are no other titles in English that deal with the Discourses in this depth.

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The Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug: A New Translation and Introduction Volume 235
The thirteen Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug (445-523) were delivered to new monks at a monastery under his episcopal care. Written in elegant Syriac, the Discourses deal with the fundamentals of the monastic and ascetic life-faith, simplicity, fear of God, renunciation, and the struggle against the demons of gluttony and fornication. This is Philoxenos's longest work and his most popular. It avoids the strident character of his letters and commentaries that were composed to advance the anti-Chalcedonian movement.

This is the first English translation of an important Syriac text since the 1894 translation, now difficult to find. The introduction to this translation of the Discourses takes into account the scholarly work done and the books and articles published about Philoxenos in the past half century. There are no other titles in English that deal with the Discourses in this depth.

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The thirteen Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug (445-523) were delivered to new monks at a monastery under his episcopal care. Written in elegant Syriac, the Discourses deal with the fundamentals of the monastic and ascetic life-faith, simplicity, fear of God, renunciation, and the struggle against the demons of gluttony and fornication. This is Philoxenos's longest work and his most popular. It avoids the strident character of his letters and commentaries that were composed to advance the anti-Chalcedonian movement.

This is the first English translation of an important Syriac text since the 1894 translation, now difficult to find. The introduction to this translation of the Discourses takes into account the scholarly work done and the books and articles published about Philoxenos in the past half century. There are no other titles in English that deal with the Discourses in this depth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780879071356
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 01/06/2014
Series: Cistercian Studies , #235
Pages: 592
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Robert A. Kitchen is a minister of Knox-Metropolitan United Church, Regina, Saskatchewan. He read for the D.Phil at Oxford in Syriac literature under the supervision of Sebastian P. Brock. With Martien F. G. Parmentier, Robert A. Kitchen translated and introduced The Book of Steps: The Syriac Liber Graduum, CS 196 (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian, 2004).

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction to the Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug xiii

List of Abbreviations lxxx

Memra 1 Introduction 1

Memra 2 On Faith 18

Memra 3 On Faith 39

Memra 4 On Simplicity 56

Memra 5 On Simplicity 95

Memra 6 On the Fear of God 126

Memra 7 On the Fear of God 151

Memra 8 On Renunciation of the World 176

Memra 9 On Renunciation of the World 203

Memra 10 On Gluttony 275

Memra 11 On Asceticism 327

Memra 12 On Fornication 386

Memra 13 On Fornication 428

Bibliography 489

Biblical References 502

Index of Topics 509

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