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245	0	4	_aThe Life of Bishoi : _bthe Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic Lives / _cedited by Tim Vivian and Maged S. A. Mikhail ; contributors, Apostolos N. Athanassakis, Rowan A. Greer, Robert Kitchen, Maged S.A. Mikhail, and Tim Vivian ; preface by Mark N. Swanson.
250			_aFirst.
263			_a2203
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe American University in Cairo Press, _c2022.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
501			_aP.B
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aGeneral Introduction -- 1. The Greek Life of Païsios in Translation -- 2. The Greek Life of Païsios: BNF Grec 1093 -- 3. The Geʻez (Ethiopic) Life of Abba Bsoy in Translation -- 4. The Syriac Life of Abba Bishoi -- 5. The Arabic Life of Bishoi in Translation -- Appendix: Carrying Christ -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_a""Saint Bishoi of Scetis (d. ca. 417) enjoys tremendous popularity throughout the Christian east, particularly among the Copts. He lived during a remarkable era in which a litany of larger-than-life monastics lived and interacted with one another. Even then, Bishoi stood out as the founder of one of the four great monasteries of Scetis (Wadi al-Natrun): those of Macarius, John the Little, Bishoi, and the Baramus. Yet in spite of Bishoi's prominence, the various recensions of his hagio-biography have received sporadic, scattered attention. The Life of Bishoi joins other Lives of eminent monastics of early-Egyptian monasticism: the Lives of Antony, Daniel, John the Little, Macarius, Paphnutius, Shenoute, and Syncletica. These Lives are vital for what they tell us about monastic politeia (way of life), spirituality, and theology, both of the early monastics and of those who later wrote, translated, and revised the Lives. They appeared first in Greek and Coptic, and later generations translated and revised them into Syriac, Arabic and Ge'ez (Ethiopic). This definitive volume contains the first English translation of the Greek, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic Lives of Bishoi, each translation accompanied by an introduction that focuses on certain aspects of the source text. It also has the first transcription and English translation of an important early Greek text. The General Introduction provides rich context about the texts and textual traditions in the various languages, and thoroughly revises our knowledge about the Syriac tradition, the translation of the Syriac text here now consequently providing what is the best translation in any modern language"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	0	0	_aPshoi, _cof Scetis, Saint, _dactive 4th century-5th century. _92114
650		0	_aCoptic Christian saints _vBiography. _92115
650		0	_aDesert Fathers _zEgypt _vBiography. _92116
650		0	_aChurch history _yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 _vSources. _92117
700	1		_aVivian, Tim, _eeditor. _92118
700	1		_aMikhail, Maged S. A., _d1974- _eeditor. _92119
700	1		_aSwanson, Mark N., _ewriter of preface. _92120
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