عنوان

The Book of the Elders :

(Number (ISBN

0879077700

(Number (ISBN

9780879077709

Erroneous ISBN

0879072016

Erroneous ISBN

9780879072018

Title Proper

The Book of the Elders :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

sayings of the Desert Fathers : the systematic collection /

First Statement of Responsibility

translated by John Wortley ; foreword by Bernard Flusin.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Collegeville, Minn. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Liturgical Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2012.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Series Title

Cistercian studies series ;

Volume Designation

no. 240

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

"The sayings and stories (or apophthegmata) of the early desert fathers began to be written down, collected, and codified by the fifth century. The earliest attempts to codify them are now lost. As the collection grew, they were first organized alphabetically, according to the name of the abba who spoke them, in a major collection known as the Apophthegmata Patrum Alphabetica. A supplementary collection, the Anonymous Apophthegmata, followed. Later, both collections were combined and arranged systematically rather than alphabetically. This collection was created sometime between 500 and 575 and later went through a couple of major revisions, the second of which appeared sometime before 970. The second revision was published in an excellent new critical edition, with a French translation, in 1993. Now, in The Book of the Elders, John Wortley offers an Enlgish translation of this collection, based entirely on the Greek of that text."

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

0C68EFAF-4DA7-4DDA-BC67-0718E28F75FD

Title

Book of the Elders.

International Standard Book Number

9780879072018

General Material Designation

Apophthegmata Patrum.

Language (when part of a heading)

English.

Asceticism, Early works to 1800.

Desert Fathers, Quotations.

Monastic and religious life, Early works to 1800.

Monastic and religious life, Quotations, maxims, etc.

Spiritual life-- Christianity, Early works to 1800.

Spiritual life-- Christianity, Quotations, maxims, etc.

Asceticism.

Desert Fathers.

Monastic and religious life.

RELIGION-- Institutions & Organizations.

Spiritual life-- Christianity.

REL-- 016000

Number

Edition

Class number

Wortley, John.

Date of Transaction

20200822143245.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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