Letters, Volume 1

Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Abbreviations ix Select Bibliography xi Introduction 3 Letters, Volume 1 Prologue 21 Letters to John of Beersheba (1–54) 23 Letters to an Egyptian Monk and to Paul the Hermit (55–58) 68 Letters to Abba Euthymius (59–71) 74 Letters to an elderly monk named Andrew (72–123) 97 Letters to the monk Theodore (124–131) 142 Letters to a monk who used riddles (132–137b) 154 Letters to various hermits (138–210) 162 Letters to a monk, who was a priest (211–213) 219 Letters to monks about illness and death (214–223) 222 Letters to various monks (224–251) 227 Letters to Dorotheus of Gaza (252–338) 256 Letters to various monks (339–347b) 310 Letter to the brother of Barsanuphius (348) 320 Indices Index of Names and Places 323 Index of Subjects and Key Words 326 Index of Holy Scripture 337 ...