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Saint John the Little was a monk and hegumen of Scetis (Wadi Natrun) during the first great period of early Egyptian monasticism. The Apophthegmata preserve some fifty sayings by or about him (see CS 59, 85 '96). In addition, Zacharias, eighth-century Bishop of Sakha, wrote his Life, more than seventy percent of which is composed of material not found in the Apophthegmata. John bears witness to the formative period of early Egyptian monasticism. His Life, with its emphasis on obedience and compassion, offers a lively witness to the earliest monastic traditions and to their transmission and continuing importance in the Coptic Church.
This book contains an introduction to the textual history of the Life of Saint John the Little (339 '409) along with fresh English translations of the Bohairic and the Syriac Lifes of John the Little plus the definitive Bohairc Life in the Coptic text. It will be of interest particularly to academics, monastics, and others interested in monasticism, early Christian monasticism, early Church History, the Coptic Church, or monastic spirituality.
Tim Vivian is associate professor of religious studies at California State University, Bakersfield. He is the author of numerous books and articles on early Christian monasticism, including The Life of Antony (with Apostolos N. Athanassakis), CS202, and Becoming Fire: Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers, CS225, both published by Cistercian Publications.
Rowan Greer is the Walter Gray Professor Emeritus of Anglican Studies at Yale Divinity School. His scholarly work has been primarily in patristics. Retired since 1997, he lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Maged S. A. Mikhal is assistant professor of history at California State University, Fullerton. His publications and research focus on the history of Egypt during the early Islamic period.
Contents
Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
I. Zacharias and His Text 1
II. Historia (Story) 5
John, the Apophthegmata, and Zacharias 6
John's Many Faces: Writing and Rewriting Ancient Texts 10
Historia: Zacharias as Inheritor 13
Zacharias as Redactor: Sources and Seams 16
Table I: A Synoptic View 16
Table II: Material without Parallels 19
Zacharias and the Life of John the Little: A Guided Tour 21
Table III: Zacharias as Redactor 21
III. Bios (Life) 37
IV. Politeia (Way of Life) 41
Areté: The Holy Workshop of Virtue 41
Kenōsis: Obedience, Humility, and Compassion 44
V. The Arabic Life 48
VI. The Syriac Life 53
A Room with Multiple Views: The Expansion of Texts 53
The Ties that Bind: Editorial Sutures 55
Sense, Sensibility, and Amelioration 56
The Storyteller's Storyteller: The Creative Nature of Narrative 57
The Bohairic Coptic Life of John the Little 61
Translation 63
Text 137
The Syriac Life of Abba John the Little 201
Translation 203
Appendix 1:
The Life of John the Little, Amélineau's text, and
Codex Vat. Copt. LXVIII 258
Appendix 2:
Sahidic Fragments Concerning Abba John's Trip to Babylon
(Bohairic Life ¶75) 270
Appendix 3:
Alphabetical Apophthegmata John Colobos 24 and 32 and
MS. Karakallou 251 284
Appendix 4:
Chapter [73] of the Syriac Version of the Lausiac History of Palladius: Eucarpios 286
Appendix 5:
Synaxarium Entries for Abba John the Little 289
Bibliography 300
Scripture Index 307
Word Index 310
