Evagrius and Abraham of Nathpar: A Reaction to Some Recent Works

Evagrius and Abraham of Nathpar: A Reaction to Some Recent WorksLe MuséonSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/IJF8GZ9Q/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MatteoPoianiEvagrius and Abraham of Nathpar: A Reaction to Some Recent Workshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/IJF8GZ9Qhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/IJF8GZ9Qhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/IJF8GZ9QLe Muséon135:1-2202283-91The pseudo-authority in the past is something that we should study better still today. In the case of Evagrius, many of his texts were attributed to Nil of Ancyra in the Greek tradition, but he was also the pseudo-authority for other authors in the Syriac tradition. In recent times, an article and a translation of <i>Potrepticus </i>and <i>Paraeneticus </i>show how far we are from the knowledge of the Syriac version of Evagrius and the Syriac monastic milieu of the late antiquity: the two works are attributed to Evagrius and not to Abraham of Nathpar, who is actually the real author. Even though scholars have explored the lack of secondary literature that delineates the wrong attribution, which in this case is important as the source itself, more study is needed in this area to correct some past errors. This short article is a reassessment which corrects wrong attributions and suggests further studies on this particular relation between Evagrius and Abraham of Nathpar Poiani, Matteo. “Evagrius and Abraham of Nathpar: A Reaction to Some Recent Works.” Le Muséon 135:1-2 (2022): 83–91. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2143/MUS.135.1.3290652. Matteo Poiani, Evagrius and Abraham of Nathpar: A Reaction to Some Recent Works, Le Muséon 135:1-2 (2022): 83–91, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2143/MUS.135.1.3290652.Abraham of NatparEvagriusGreek FathersVII-XVIII CEauthorshipmysticismpseudepigraphyspirituality