The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian (Hardcover, New)

Today the Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian (ca. 949 to 1022 ce) is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church and revered as one of its most influential spiritual thinkers. But in his own time a cloud of controversy surrounded him and the suspicion of heresy tainted his reputation long afterward. The Life was written more than thirty years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist the theologian Niketas Stethatos, who also edited all of Symeon's spiritual writings. An unusually valuable piece of Byzantine hagiography, it not only presents compelling descriptions of Symeon's visions, mystical inspiration, and role as a monastic founder, but also provides vivid glimpses into the often bitter and unpleasantly conflicted politics of monasticism and the construction of sanctity and orthodoxy at the zenith of the medieval Byzantine Empire. Although the many volumes of Symeon's spiritual writings are now readily available in English, the present translation makes the Life accessible to English readers for the first time. It is based on an authoritative edition of the Greek.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	May 2013
Authors:	Niketas Stethatos
Translators:	Richard P. H Greenfield
Dimensions:	203 x 133 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With printed dust jacket
Pages:	448
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-05798-2
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Religious & spiritual Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Early Church Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian religious experience > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Biography > Religious & spiritual Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian religious experience > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Early Church Books > Christianity > Christian Religious Experience Books > Christianity > Early Church
LSN:	0-674-05798-8
Barcode:	9780674057982

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