Joseph Hazzaya On Providence: Text, Translation and Introduction: 8 (Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity) - Hardcover

Nestor Kavvadas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004329994 ISBN 13: 9789004329997

Publisher: BRILL, 2016

Synopsis

The East Syriac mystic Joseph Hazzaya (8th century AD) offers in his treatise On Providence, edited for the first time by Nestor Kavvadas, an apology of universal salvation (apokatastasis) and an answer, articulated through an Elijah-Apocalypse, to the Islamisation of Mesopotamia.

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Review:

'In making this significant work by Joseph available in an attractive format, with facing text and reliable translation, preceded by an illuminating introduction, Kavvadas has performed an excellent service.' Sebastian Brock, Oxford, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 69 (2018)

About the Author:

Nestor Kavvadas, Dr. phil. (2007), University of Tübingen, is research fellow in Ancient Church History at that university. He has published monographs, translations and articles on Late Antiquity and Byzantium, including Isaak von Ninive und seine Kephalaia Gnostika (Brill, 2015).

About this edition

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 9004329994
• ISBN 13: 9789004329997
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224