John the Solitary on the Soul

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3487-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 236 Seiten

Reihe: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity

In this treatise, John the Solitary (ca. 390) enters into a dialogue with two disciples who have come past the beginning stage of the spiritual life and have brought him their struggle against the passions in the life of the inner person (barnâšâ gawwâyâ). John’s description of the life of the soul is outlined here in a framework of the stages of the spiritual life. Included is his analysis of the passions, showing very little if any Evagrian influence. The Dialogue on the Soul is a difficult text. It is hoped that this Syriac-English presentation will enable others to take the discussion forward. John’s genial thought merits this.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hansbury, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Introduction (page 7)
- Dialogue on the Soul (page 10)
- Stages of the Life of the Soul (page 11)
- Passions (page 14)
- Baptism (page 17)
- Theodore of Mopsuestia (page 18)
- Divinization (page 20)
- Eschatology (page 22)
- Introduction (page 7)
- Abbreviations (page 27)
- Text and Translation (page 29)
- Other Observations on the Soul and on the Explanation of Human Passions: of the Body, of the Soul and of the Spirit (page 30)
- Second Discourse: Concerning the Passions of the Soul, how they Differ and on the Cause of their Stirrings: What sort are those which are of its Nature and which are Outside of its Nature? (page 88)
- Third Discourse (page 142)
- Fourth Discourse (page 192)
- Bibliography of Works Cited (page 227)