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Psalmody and prayer in the writings of Evagrius Ponticus /

Evagrius' often-neglected commentaries on scripture are discussed together with his better known works in order to present a more balanced picture of the monk and his model of the spiritual life as a rhythm back and forth between the poles of image-filled prayer and imageless, wordless 'pu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dysinger, Luke, 1953-
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Oxford theological monographs.
Subjects:
Evagrius, > Ponticus, > 345?-399.
Évagre, > le Pontique, > 345?-399.
Evagrius, > Ponticus, > 345?-399
Evagrius (Ponticus)
Psalmody > History > To 1500.
Prayer > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Psalmodie > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Prière > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Psalmody
Psalmodie
Gebet
Psalmen (bijbelboek)
Gebeden.
To 1500
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The life and thought of Evagrius Ponticus
  • 2. The monastic discipline of psalmody
  • 3. Evagrius on exegesis and psalmody
  • 4. Psalmody as spiritual remedy
  • 5. The psalter as spiritual weapon
  • 6. The psalter as contemplative vision
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1 : the Nous of Christ in the Kephalaia Gnostica
  • Appendix 2 : select pages from MS Vaticanus Graecus 754
  • Bibliography
  • Index.