Description
... fine book ... one of the best available in English, written with commanding rigour and sobreity, exactness and perceptiveness. Alfeyev's linguistic proficiency is impressive: he can read secondary literature in five or six languages, mastering also the ancient Greek, Syrian and Latin orginal sources. (Archaevs: Studies in History of Religion )
The book's structure is friendly and accesible ... thorough bibliography ... excellent index of Greek words ... Bishop Hilarion's writing is neat, careful and respectful towards other researchers in the field. (Archaevs: Studies in History of Religion )
The author, the editors of the series, and the publisher, deserve altogether loud praise for making this first-rate Patristic monograph available to the general public. Alfeyev's volume will certainly appeal to all scholars of Christian doctrine, Byzantine history, orthodox monasticism, theology and comparative research in religious studies. None of them should have this book missing from their shelves. (Archaevs: Studies in History of Religion )
... thorough and indispensable monograph. (Journal of Theological Studies )
The book's structure is friendly and accesible ... thorough bibliography ... excellent index of Greek words ... Bishop Hilarion's writing is neat, careful and respectful towards other researchers in the field. (Archaevs: Studies in History of Religion )
The author, the editors of the series, and the publisher, deserve altogether loud praise for making this first-rate Patristic monograph available to the general public. Alfeyev's volume will certainly appeal to all scholars of Christian doctrine, Byzantine history, orthodox monasticism, theology and comparative research in religious studies. None of them should have this book missing from their shelves. (Archaevs: Studies in History of Religion )
... thorough and indispensable monograph. (Journal of Theological Studies )
Présentation de l'éditeur
The teachings of St Symeon (949-1022) created much controversy in Byzantium and led to his short-lived exile to Asia Minor in 1009. This book examines St Symeon from within the Byzantine mystical tradition, looking at him as both a highly personal and a very traditional ecclesiastical writer. For the first time in modern scholarship, this study explores St Symeon's attitude to Scripture and to church worship; his relations with his spiritual father, Symeon the Studite; and the Studite tradition in general.
