Syriac ascetic writer · Church of the East

Isaac of Nineveh

Born: 7th century

Monk of the Church of the East, briefly bishop of Nineveh, who withdrew to the solitary life; his discourses on prayer, humility and the love of God were translated into Greek and widely read across Eastern and Western Christianity.

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Mystic Treatises7th century

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Mystic Treatises

A selection of Isaac of Nineveh's ascetic discourses, Wensinck's English translation of the treatises in Bedjan's Syriac edition (the so-called First Part), on solitude, prayer, humility, temptation, knowledge and divine love. The scan omits Wensinck's introduction and registers.

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