The Asketikon of St Basil the Great

The Asketikon of St Basil the Great PDF Author: Anna Silvas
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199273510
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Book Description
The Asketikon of St Basil the Great comprises a new English translation and studies which re-examine the emergence of monasticism in Asia Minor. Rufinus' translation of an earlier edition is compared with the Greek text of the longer edition, as a means of tracing the development of ideas. Silvas concludes that the antecedents of the monastic community of the Great Asketikon are best sought in the domestic ascetic movement in Anatolia as typified at Annisa under theleadership of Makrina.