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The life of Moses / Gregory of Nyssa ; translation, introduction and notes by Abraham J. Malherbe and Everett Ferguson ; preface by John Meyendorff.

By: Language: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Classics of Western spiritualityPublisher: New York : Paulist Press, [1978]Copyright date: ©1978Description: xvi, 208 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780809102396
  • 0809102390
  • 0809121123
  • 9780809121120
Uniform titles:
  • De vita Moysis. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 222.1092 20
LOC classification:
  • BS580.M6 G7313
Other classification:
  • BO 2790
  • 222.1092
Review: "This work has a special significance because it reflects Gregory's spiritual sense of the Scriptures. He maintained that the ultimate purpose of the Bible was not its historical teachings but its capacity for elevating the soul to God. Gregory saw the totality of the spiritual life as an epektasis, a continual growth or straining ahead, as in the words of St. Paul, 'Forgetting the past, I strain for what is still to come.' Describes the spiritual ascent as taking place in three stages, symbolized by the Lord's revelation of Himself to Moses, first in light, then in the cloud and finally in the dark." -- Publisher's description.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BS 580 .M6 G7313 1978 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 217956

Translation of De vita Moysis.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and indexes.

"This work has a special significance because it reflects Gregory's spiritual sense of the Scriptures. He maintained that the ultimate purpose of the Bible was not its historical teachings but its capacity for elevating the soul to God. Gregory saw the totality of the spiritual life as an epektasis, a continual growth or straining ahead, as in the words of St. Paul, 'Forgetting the past, I strain for what is still to come.' Describes the spiritual ascent as taking place in three stages, symbolized by the Lord's revelation of Himself to Moses, first in light, then in the cloud and finally in the dark." -- Publisher's description.

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