Evagrius, Kephalaia gnostika : a new translation of the unreformed text from the Syriac /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Evagrius, Ponticus, 345?-399 (Author)
Other Authors:	Ramelli, Ilaria, 1973- (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Atlanta : SBL Press, [2015]
Series:	Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; no. 38.
Subjects:	Evagrius, > Ponticus, > 345?-399. > Gnostikos. Theology, Doctrinal > Early works to 1800. Origen. Gnostikos (Evagrius, Ponticus) Theology, Doctrinal. Early works.

Table of Contents:

Introductory essay: Recovering the true thought of the Origenian Evagrius: a needed reassessment of the influence of Origen and Gregory of Nyssa on Evagrius
Evagrius's life reconsidered in light of Origen's and Gregory's influence
The Kephalaia gnostika, their two versions, and their riddles
Evagrius's works, the loss of some in Greek, their survival in translations
The letter to Melania and its relation to the Kephalaia gnostika
Good and evil, gnosis and ignorance, virtue and sin, apatheia and passions, and restoration
The aeons and the telos
Christ, the attainment of unity, and creation
The positive role of matter and a crucial (and overlooked) terminological distinction: different kinds of bodies
Apatheia, pathē, and charity-love, which is no pathos
Judgment and providence, justice and mercy
Conclusions: contribution to research
The present commentary and acknowledgments
Evagrius, Kephalaia gnostika: translation and commentary.