
Gregory of Nyssa: The Letters
Introduction, Translation and Commentary
Anna M. Silvas(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 29. November 2006
Book
Hardback
308 pages
978-90-04-15290-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book gathers 37 letters of St Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-394), translated into English, some for the first time, and equipped with up-to-date scholarly notes.
It begins with a biography focusing on Gregory's family background and young adulthood. A study of Gregory the letter writer follows, with a dateline of the letters. Three sub-collections of letters follow: 1. 'Prelude' comprising testimonia from Basil and Gregory Nazianzen, 2. 'The Pasquali Collection', the 30 letters established by G. Pasquali, 3. 'Supplementary', one letter always known as Gregory's, five letters reassigned to Gregory by scholars, and a new one proposed by the author for reassignment. A specially commissioned icon, an original map, and two architectural sketches are included.
This book will both stimulate veteran scholars in the Cappadocian Fathers and early Christianity, and serve English speaking lovers of the Fathers who do not have ready access to the sources in other languages.
It begins with a biography focusing on Gregory's family background and young adulthood. A study of Gregory the letter writer follows, with a dateline of the letters. Three sub-collections of letters follow: 1. 'Prelude' comprising testimonia from Basil and Gregory Nazianzen, 2. 'The Pasquali Collection', the 30 letters established by G. Pasquali, 3. 'Supplementary', one letter always known as Gregory's, five letters reassigned to Gregory by scholars, and a new one proposed by the author for reassignment. A specially commissioned icon, an original map, and two architectural sketches are included.
This book will both stimulate veteran scholars in the Cappadocian Fathers and early Christianity, and serve English speaking lovers of the Fathers who do not have ready access to the sources in other languages.
Reviews / Votes
...eine willkommene Bereicherung der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion wie ihr ganzes hoch anzuerkennendes und auesserst nuetzliches Werk.Hubertus R. Drobner, Paderborn, Zeitschrift fuer Kirchengeschichte, 2009
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-15290-8 (9789004152908)
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Anna M. Silvas gained her Ph.D. at the University of New England, Australia. Her thesis is now published as The Asketikon of St Basil the Great (Oxford: OUP, 2005). Her first book was Jutta and Hildegard: The Biographical Sources (Turnhout: Brepols, 1998). As an Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, she continued her research in the Cappadocian Fathers. Recently, In a 2006 expedition to Turkey she discovered the locality of St Basil's ascetic retreat.