The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian

Niketas Stethatos, Richard P. H. Greenfield, Ho Stethatos Niketas , Richard P H Greenfield (Queen's University, Kingston (Ontario))

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Harvard University Press
20 May 2013

Biography: religious & spiritual; Medieval history; Religion & beliefs; The Early Church; Christian spirituality & religious experience

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

Today the Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian (ca. 949 to 1022 ce) is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church and revered as one of its most influential spiritual thinkers. But in his own time a cloud of controversy surrounded him and the suspicion of heresy tainted his reputation long afterward.

The Life was written more than thirty years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist the theologian Niketas Stethatos, who also edited all of Symeon's spiritual writings. An unusually valuable piece of Byzantine hagiography, it not only presents compelling descriptions of Symeon's visions, mystical inspiration, and role as a monastic founder, but also provides vivid glimpses into the often bitter and unpleasantly conflicted politics of monasticism and the construction of sanctity and orthodoxy at the zenith of the medieval Byzantine Empire. Although the many volumes of Symeon's spiritual writings are now readily available in English, the present translation makes the Life accessible to English readers for the first time. It is based on an authoritative edition of the Greek.

By: Niketas Stethatos, Ho Stethatos Niketas
Translated by: Richard P. H. Greenfield, Richard P H Greenfield (Queen's University, Kingston (Ontario))
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780674057982
ISBN 10: 0674057988
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 20 May 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard P. H. Greenfield is Professor of Byzantine History at Queen's University, Kingston (Ontario).