The Lausiac History of Palladius, Vol. 2: The Greek Text Edited With Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Lausiac History of Palladius, Vol. 2: The Greek Text Edited With Introduction and NotesDR ehrhard, in the theological section which he contributed to the second edition of Krumbacher's Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur, declared in 1897 that in the domain of Greek Bagio graphy' the most pressing need is a critical edition of the H istorz'a Lausz'aca of Palladins. After pointing out that the task would be a laborious one, he continued: Thelabour, however, bestowed upon it would be amply repaid not only by the results for Byzantine Monasteriology, but also from the point of View of the history of civilisation, as we have here to do With a popular book of far reaching influence (op. Cit. P. This estimate by so eminent a patrologist and hellenist is at once a justification for the appearance of this edition of the Lausiao History, and an explanation of the fact that so much longer a time than I had anticipated has elapsed since the publication of the volume of Prolegomena Which formed the First Part of this Study (texts and Studies, VI 1, The value of the work as one of the chief authorities for the beginnings of the Christian Monastic movement, itself one of the most important episodes in Christian history, is now recognised by all critics, as may be seen in g 1 of the ensuing Introduction. The partially unforeseen difficulties of the undertaking are the result of the popularity which the book at once obtained. So popular was it that no respect whatever was felt for its text: it was re-written, te-arranged, enlarged.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.