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Hansbury, Mary. The Letters of John of Dalyatha
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| Author: | Mary Hansbury |
| Title: | The Letters of John of Dalyatha |
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| Series: | Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 2 |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press LLC |
| Publication Date: | 7/31/2006 12:00:00 AM |
| Availability: | In Print |
| ISBN: | 1-59333-341-2 |
| Language: | English and Syriac |
| Format: | Paperback 6 x 9, 1 volume(s), 347 pages, illustrations |
The author of these Letters, John of Dalyatha, (or John Saba, the “Elder”) was born in northwest Iraq and during the eighth century was a monk in a monastery at Qardu, near the Turkish border. After seven years in community, he received permission to live the solitary life in the mountains of Dalyatha, where he remained most of his life.
John outlines the itinerary of those who are baptized: purification through repentance; fasting; prayer; struggle with demons; sanctification through silence; tears; wonder; divine light; union through contemplation; praise; assistance of the angels--leading to the vision of God. The Christian life after baptism is presented as an "anticipated resurrection"--a new life in the New World. Throughout the Letters, John speaks intuitively with great fervour, perhaps due to Macarian influence. But he always speaks with clarity, not analytically, but never imprecisely, perhaps revealing Evagrian influence. He speaks about God in human language.
Mary Hansbury received her Ph.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia, specializing in Early Christian Studies in a World Religions context. She has taught at La Salle University in Philadelphia and at Bethlehem University in Palestine. Previously, she translated On the Ascetical Life of St. Isaac of Nineveh and hymns On the Mother of God of Jacob of Serug.
"We all stand in debt to Mary Hansbury for her indefatigable efforts in translating and interpreting the great Syriac Christian writers. . . . As is the case with all her publications, Dr. Hansbury provides an introduction that not only sets the texts in their historical context but also illumines the particular characteristics of Syriac spirituality. And since we are nowhere as scripturally learned as the Syriac writers and faithful, she also explains allusions familiar to them but less so to us."--Michael Plekon, Baruch College of the City University of New York
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