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The Discourses of Philoxenus

The Discourses of Philoxenus( )
Editor: Budge, E. A. Wallis
Series title:Syriac Studies Library
ISBN:978-1-60724-864-4
Publication Date:Jan 2019
Publisher:Gorgias Press, LLC
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $245.00
Book Description:

Philoxenus of Mabbug, who died in 523, is one of the most important theologians of the Syrian Orthodox tradition. Budge here offers the Syriac text and English translation of his Discourses on Admonition of the (Monastic) Way of Life.

Book Details
Pages:660
Detailed Subjects: Foreign Language Study / Ancient Languages
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.942 x 9.906 Inches
Author Biography
(Editor)
E.A. Wallis Budge, 1857 - 1934 Budge was the Curator of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum from 1894 to 1924. He was also a Sometime Scholar of Christ's College, a scholar at the University of Cambridge, Tyrwhitt, and a Hebrew Scholar. He collected a large number of Coptic, Greek, Arabic, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Egyptian Papyri manuscripts. He was involved in numerous archaeology digs in Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Sudan.

Budge is known for translating the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which is also known as The Papyrus of Ani. He also analyzed many of the practices of Egyptian religion, language and ritual. His written works consisted of translated texts and hieroglyphs and a complete dictionary of hieroglyphs. Budge's published works covered areas of Egyptian culture ranging from Egyptian religion, Egyptian mythology and magical practices. He was knighted in 1920.

E.A. Wallis Budge died on November 23, 1934 in London, England.

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