The Story of a Mysterious Manuscript: The Chapters of Evagrius’ Disciples

Agapie CORBU
The Story of a Mysterious Manuscript: The Chapters of Evagrius’ Disciples
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.26424/philobib.2024.29.2.01
Institution: 
"Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad
Author's email: 
ier.agapie@gmail.com
Keywords: 
Evagrius Ponticus’ Disciples
Benaki manuscript history
Patristic tradition
Evagrian scholarship
critical approach
spirituality
Abstract: 

The Chapters of Evagrius’ Disciples found in a manuscript in the Benaki Museum of Athens is one of the most important recent discoveries in the field of patristics. The present study, as the first contribution in English on the topic, traces the fascinating story that the text has traversed from the 5th century to its recent critical edition, unravelling the distorted and even biased interpretations to which the text has been subjected in contemporary scholarship.

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