Early Christian mystics
By: edited and translated by Alphonse Mingana
Series: Syriac studies library -- 97; Woodbrooke studies -- 7; Syriac studies library -- 97.; Woodbrooke studies -- 7.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Piscataway, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781617191961
Subjects: Mysticism; Early works to 1800
Description: "These authors from the church of the east are generally not well known, but they belong to the 7th and 8th centuries: the physician Simon of Taibutheh, Dadishoʻ Qatraya, ʻAbdishoʻ Hazzaya, Joseph Hazzaya, and Abraham bar Dashandad. The English translations are all annotated in the way of the other volumes of the series. The Syriac texts are all given at the end of the book, and an index of proper names is also included."--From back cover
Notes: Reprinted from the 1934 Cambridge edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Medico-mystical work  -- Simon of Taibūtheh; title: Treatise on solitude and prayer  -- Dādishoʻ Katrāya; title: Treatise on the workings of the grace, etc.  -- ʻAbdīshoʻ Hazzāya; title: Treatise on the shortest path that brings us near to God  -- Joseph Hazzāya; title: Treatise on eremitism -- Abraham bar Dāshandād.