The life of Bishoi : the Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic Lives /

Saint Bishoi of Scetis (d. ca. 417) enjoys tremendous popularity throughout the Christian east, particularly among the Copts. He lived during a remarkable era in which a litany of larger-than-life monastics lived and interacted with one another. Even then, Bishoi stood out as the founder of one of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Vivian, Tim (Editor), Mikhail, Maged S. A., 1974- (Editor), Swanson, Mark N. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Arabic
Geez
Classical Syriac
Published: Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY : The American University in Cairo Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Pshoi, > of Scetis, Saint, > active 4th century-5th century.
Pshoi, > of Scetis, Saint, > active 4th century-5th century
30-600
Coptic Christian saints > Biography.
Desert Fathers > Egypt > Biography.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 > Sources.
Electronic books.
Saints coptes > Biographies.
Pères du désert > Égypte > Biographies.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
Church history > Primitive and early church
Coptic Christian saints
Desert Fathers
Electronic books
Egypt
Biographies
Sources
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments - Abbreviations
  • Foreword / Mark N. Swanson
  • General introduction: Saint Bishoi of Scetis / Maged S.A. Mikhail.
  • 1. The Greek life of Païsios in translation / translated by Tim Vivian and Apostolos N. Athanassakis
  • 2. The Greek Life of Païsios: BNF Grec 1093 / edited and transcribed by Tim Vivian and Apostolos N. Athanassakis
  • 3. The Ge'ez (Ethiopic) Life of Abba Bsoy in Translation / translated by Robert A. Kitchen
  • 4. The Syriac Life of Abba Bishoi / translated by Rowan A. Greer, Robert A. Kitchen, and Maged S.A. Mikhail
  • 5. The Arabic Life of Bishoi in Translation / translated by Maged S.A. Mikhail.
  • Appendix: Carrying Christ
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes: topics ; authors ; transliterated names and terms ; geographical names ; scripture.

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