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This is a critical analysis of texts included in Codex 573 (ninth century, Monastery of Metamorphosis, Meteora, Greece), which are published along with the present volume, in the same series. The Codex, entitled The Book of Monk Cassian the Roman, reveals a sixth-century heretofore unknown intellectual, namely, Cassian the Sabaite, native of Scythopolis, being its real author. By means of Medieval forgery, he has been eclipsed by a figment currently known as John Cassian of Marseilles, native of Scythia. Exploration reveals critical aspects of the interplay between Hellenism and Christianity, the Origenism and pseudo-Origenism of the sixth century, and Christian influence upon Neoplatonism in Late Antiquity. Cassian the Sabaite is probably the last great representative of a prolonged fruitful autumn of Late Antique Christian scholarship, who saw Hellenism as a treasured patrimony to draw on, rather than as a demon to be exorcised - which resulted in his second death (Rev. 2,11). Two edition volumes are now being published along with the present monograph. One, A Newly Discovered Greek Father, Cassian the Sabaite Eclipsed by John Cassian of Marseilles (folia 1r-118v). Two, An Ancient Commentary on the Book of Revelation: A Critical Edition of the Scholia in Apocalypsin. These Scholia were falsely attributed to Origen a century ago, but their real author is Cassian the Sabaite mainly drawing on a lost commentary on the Apocalypse by Didymus the Blind, as well as on Origen, Theodoret, Clement of Alexandria, Irenaeus, and others (folia 210v-290r).
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The Real Cassian Revisited Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language Editors J. den Boeft – B.D. Ehrman – J. van Oort D.T. Runia – C. Scholten – J.C.M. van Winden VOLUME 112 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.nl/vcs The Real Cassian Revisited Monastic Life, Greek Paideia, and Origenism in the Sixth Century By P. Tzamalikos LEIDEN • BOSTON 2012 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tzamalikos, P. (Panayiotes), 1951The real Cassian revisited : monastic life, Greek paideia, and Origenism in the sixth century / By P. Tzamalikos. pages cm. – (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; VOLUME 112) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-22440-7 (hardback : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-90-04-22530-5 (e-book) 1. Church history–Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. 2. Book of Monk Cassian the Roman. 3. Cassian, the Sabaite, approximately 470-548. I. Title. BR227.T93 2012 270.2092–dc23 2011049118 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.nl/brill-typeface. ISSN 0920-623X ISBN 978 90 04 22440 7 (hardback) ISBN 978 90 04 22530 5 (e-book) Copyright 2012 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. τὸν νῦν ἡγούµενον ἀββᾶν Κασιανόν, Σκυθοπολίτην ὄντα τῷ γένει, ὀρθόδοξόν τε ὄντα καὶ β