The Discourses of Philoxenus: Edited from Syriac Manuscripts of the Sixth and Seventh Centuries in the British Museum, with an English Translation (Syriac Studies Library)

Philoxenus of Mabbug, who died in 523, is one of the most important theologians of the Syrian Orthodox tradition. Budge here offers the Syriac text and English translation of his Discourses on Admonition of the (Monastic) Way of Life. PREFACE CONTENTS OF VOLUME II INTRODUCTION THE PROLOGUE THE SECOND DISCOURSE - ON FAITH THE THIRD DISCOURSE - ON FAITH THE FOURTH DISCOURSE: ON FAITH AND SIMPLICITY THE SECOND DISCOURSE: WHICH IS ON SIMPLICITY THE SIXTH DISCOURSE: ON THE FEAR OF GOD THE SEVENTH DISCOURSE: ON THE FEAR OF GOD THE EIGHTH DISCOURSE: ON POVERTY THE NINTH DISCOURSE: ON POVERTY THE TENTH DISCOURSE: ON THE LUST OF THE BELLY THE ELEVENTH DISCOURSE: ON ABSTINENCE THE TWELFTH DISCOURSE: ON FORNICATION THE THIRTEENTH DISCOURSE: ON FORNICATION