The  life of Moses
By: Gregory of Nyssa ; translation, introduction andnotes by Abraham J. Malherbe and Everett Gerguson ; preface by John Meyendorff.
Series: The classics of Western spirituality
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Biographies; Moses; Mysticism -- Early church, ca.30-600
Description: "This work has a special significance because it reflects Gregory's spiritual sense of the Scriptures. He maintained that the ultimate purpose of the Bible was not its historical teachings but its capacity for elevating the soul to God. Gregory saw the totality of the spiritual life as an epektasis, a continual growth or straining ahead, as in the words of St. Paul, 'Forgetting the past, I strain for what is still to come.' Describes the spiritual ascent as taking place in three stages, symbolized by the Lord's revelation of Himself to Moses, first in light, then in the cloud and finally in the dark." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Translation of De vita Moysis.

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