Life of Antony: The Greek and Coptic Lives, with an Encomium on Saint Antony of Egypt

Instrumental in the conversion of many, including Augustine, The Life of Antony provided the model for subsequent saints' life and constituted, in the words of patristics scholar Johannes Quasten, "the most important document of early monasticism." Here in one volume are translations of the Greek text written by Athanasius (from the new critical edition of G. J. M. Bartelink) and of the Coptic text translated back into the language Antony himself spoke. By having both together, readers become sensitive to some of the hellenized shadings provided by the exiled archbishop of Alexandria. Two short contemporary texts views further manifest the powerful influence of the "the father of monks."Vivian, Tom is the author of 'Life of Antony: The Greek and Coptic Lives, with an Encomium on Saint Antony of Egypt' with ISBN 9780879079024 and ISBN 0879079029.