The Preparation of the Critical Edition of the Treatise «On Monastic Life» by Athanasios Abu Ghalib with Russian Translation, Notes and Commentaries
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2023.17.1.003
Abstract
The article presents the preparation of the critical edition of the treatise «On Mo nastic Life» by Athanasios Abu Ghalib († 1177), West Syrian theologian, bishop of Jihan, with Russian translation, notes and commentaries. Up to now the text was not edited and translated. The author provides a short survey on the sources of the edition, a brief review of the life and Church activity by Abu Ghalib in the political and historical context. The paper focuses on some theological and ascetical ideas of his monastical treatise. The author emphasizes the importance of this work as a source of theology, ascetism, monasticism, rhetoric of the West Syrian Christian tradition of 12th century.
About the Author
S. V. Fomicheva
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sofia V. Fomicheva, Graduate Student at the Eastern Faculty
7/9 University Embankment, Saint Petersburg 199034
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For citations:
Fomicheva S.V. The Preparation of the Critical Edition of the Treatise «On Monastic Life» by Athanasios Abu Ghalib with Russian Translation, Notes and Commentaries. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2023;(1):70-79. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2023.17.1.003
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