The Life of Bishoi: The Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic Lives
The Life of Bishoi: The Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic Lives
- Saint Bishoi is a very popular saint throughout the Christian East and is particularly popular among the Copts. He is regarded as a visionary leader, mystic, and teacher. There is a monastery in Egypt's Wadi al-Natrun that is named after him.
- Contains the first translation of the Greek, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic Lives (hagiographies) of Bishoi.
- Edited by two leading scholars of Coptic Studies.
- Draws on all the latest scholarship. A definitive volume. The General Introduction gives important information about the texts and textual traditions of the four languages, and thoroughly revises our knowledge about the Syriac tradition.
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- Saint Bishoi is a very popular saint throughout the Christian East and is particularly popular among the Copts. He is regarded as a visionary leader, mystic, and teacher. There is a monastery in Egypt's Wadi al-Natrun that is named after him.
- Contains the first translation of the Greek, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic Lives (hagiographies) of Bishoi.
- Edited by two leading scholars of Coptic Studies.
- Draws on all the latest scholarship. A definitive volume. The General Introduction gives important information about the texts and textual traditions of the four languages, and thoroughly revises our knowledge about the Syriac tradition.
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