Book: Evagrius Ponticus: Ad Monachos( Series - Ancient Christian Writers ) First-time translation of an ancient text Jeremy Driscoll makes available for the first time in English the text known as Ad Monachos, by Evagrius Ponticus (345-399), who was among the first of the desert fathers to articulate in writing the wisdom of the monastic movement. The text is a collection of 137 proverbs composed in a style that imitates the proverbs of biblical Wisdom literature. Besides offering the Greek text and an English translation, Driscoll examines its structure and style, and offers commentary on different proverbs.
Details of Book: Evagrius Ponticus: Ad Monachos( Series - Ancient Christian Writers ) Book: Evagrius Ponticus: Ad Monachos( Series - Ancient Christian Writers )
Author: Jeremy Driscoll, Evagrius
ISBN: 0809105608
ISBN-13: 9780809105601
, 978-0809105601
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: 2003/10/01
Publisher: Paulist Press
Number of Pages: 360
Language: English