Gregory Palamas: The Hesychast Controversy and the Debate with Islam (Translated Texts for Byzantinists, #8)

by Norman Russell

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Gregory Palamas, a monk of Mount Athos and metropolitan of Thessalonike from 1347 to 1357, was a leading fourteenth-century Byzantine intellectual. He was the chief spokesman for the hesychasts in the controversy bearing that name, which began when a charge of heresy was laid against him in 1340 and ended with his proclamation as a saint in 1368. Although excellent English translations of some of Palamas’ theological writings are available, very few texts relating to his historical role have yet been translated. This book contains the first English translation of the contemporary Life of Palamas by Philotheos Kokkinos, which...

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  • ISBN13 9781789621532
  • Publish Date 26 March 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Liverpool University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 504
  • Language English