Cyril of Scythopolis: The Lives of the Monks of Palestine

by Cyril of Scythopolis, Richard Price (Translator), John Binns (Introduction)

Overview

During the later fifth and early sixth centuries the most creative developments in Eastern Christian monasticism occurred not in Egypt or in Syria, but in Palestine, through the work of St Euthymius and St Sabas. Cyril recounts their lives with striking vividness. He writes as an insider, basing himself carefully on the evidence of those who knew the two saints personally and describing with unusual topographical accuracy the monastic world in which he was himself living. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879079147
Publisher:	Cistercian Publications
Publication date:	11/01/1991
Series:	Cistercian Studies , #114
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	812,946
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 8.48(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

R.M. Price, a priest of the Westminster Dioceses, lectured on the History of Christianity at Heythrop College, University of London. 

 

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface   v
INTRODUCTION   ix
     1.  Palestinian monasticism, facts and texts   ix
     2.  The influence of the geography   xiii
     3.  Conflict in the monasteries   xix
     4.  The Holy City   xxii
     5.  The monks and the see of Jerusalem   xxvi
     6.  Miracle and history   xxx
     7.  The holy man as mediator   xxxv
     8.  The life of Cyril of Scythopolis   xxxviii
     9.  The nature and purpose of his work   xl
   10.  Doctrinal disputes   xliii
   11.  Cyril's mentors and sources   xlvii
   12.  Conclusion   li

LIVES OF THE MONKS OF PALESTINE
     Life of Euthymius   1
     Life of Sabas   93
     Life of John the Hesychast   220
     Life of Cyriacus   245
     Life of Theodosius   262
     Life of Theognius   269
     Life of Abraamius   273
Table of Abbreviations   282

Editorial Reviews

Highly recommended for librarians and scholars interested in the histories of Palestinian monasticism and the Jerusalem church when they were at the height of their power and prestige.
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