The Gnostic Chapters: A Critical Edition and Translation of Evagrius Ponticus' Kephalaia Gnostika in Arabic

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In the late fourth century, the early Christian monk and author Evagrius Ponticus wrote his magnum opus in Greek--entitled Kephalaia Gnostika ("Gnostic Chapters")--a spiritual treatise on ascetic contemplation and unity with God. After Evagrius' death, however, his theology attracted controversy, and many of his writings were suppressed or destroyed. As a result, complete copies of this important work principally survived only in Syriac translation, until the recent discovery of two Arabic copies at the so-called Monastery of the Syrians in Egypt. The present volume represents the first-ever critical edition and translation of the Kephalaia Gnostika in that language ‎Contents ‎Acknowledgements ‎Abbreviations ‎Introduction ‎A Note on Editorial and Translational Methods ‎Evagrius Ponticus’ Kephalaia Gnostika: An English Translation of the Arabic Text ‎Book 1 ‎Book 2 ‎Book 3 ‎Book 4 ‎Book 5 ‎Book 6 ‎Supplemental Chapters ‎Figures ‎Key to the Supplemental Chapters ‎Bibliography ‎Index of Arabic Terms ‎Index of Biblical Citations and Allusions