A Newly Discovered Greek Father Cassian the Sabaite eclipsed by John Cassian of Marseilles. [electronic resource] :
- Leiden : BRILL, 2012.
- 1 online resource (732 p.)
- Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements .
- Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements. .
Description based upon print version of record.
A Newly DiscoveredGreek Father; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Cassian's Life; The Texts in Context; On the Rules and Regulations of the Coenobia; Notes to the Text; On the Eight considerations of evil; Notes to the Text; On the Holy Fathers living at Scetis; Notes to the Text; First Contribution by abba Serenus; Notes to the Text; Contribution by Abba Serenus on the Panaretus Wisdom; Notes to the Text; Appendix I: Cassian and Caesarius Identified; Caesarius of Nazianzus; The Title of Pseudo-Caesarius' Treatise; A Monk Teaching; Caesarius and Sixth-Century Origenism Caesarius and Dionysius AreopagiteCassian and Caesarius: A Common Vernacular; Vocabulary; History; Cassian/Caesarius; Appendix II: Pseudo-Didymus' De Trinitate Is Cassian's Work; The Author in His Own Words; Precarious Statements; Neoplatonism; Proclus, but not Dionysius; A Sixth-Century Author; Caesarius; Antioch; The Vision of the Candlestick by Prophet Zachariah (Zach. 3:8-4:14); De Trinitate and the Scholia in Apocalypsin; De Trinitate and Cassian; Appendix III: An Unpublished Greek Text by Cassian the Sabaite; Introduction; A Feast Day Once in Four Years Cassian and the Chronicon PaschaleCassian the Astronomer; Conclusion; The Text. Codex Metamorphosis 573, Meteora, folia 209r-209v; Notes to the Text; Bibliography; I. Codices; II. Primary Sources; III. Modern Sources; IV. Ancient Lexica of Greek Language; Index of Persons of Antiquity, Locations, and Notions; Index of Greek Terms, Names, and Expressions; Index of Modern Authors;
A critical edition an ancient manuscript, which has resulted in discovery of Cassian the Sabaite, whom Medieval forgery extinguished, by attributing heavily interpolated Latin translations of this Greek original to a figment called 'John Cassian'. This erudite Sabaite intellectual is Pseudo-Caesarius and the author of Pseudo Didymus' De Trinitate.
Cassian -- the Sabaite -- approximately 470-548. Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Monastic and religious life. Religion. Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations