TY - BOOK ID - 3444217 TI - The sentences of Sextus AU - Sextus Pythagoraeus AU - Wilson, Walter T. AU - Society of Biblical Literature PY - 2012 VL - 1 SN - 9781589837195 9781589837201 1589837207 1589837193 1299317057 9781299317055 PB - Atlanta Society of Biblical Literature DB - UniCat KW - Christian life KW - -Christian life KW - Christians KW - Discipleship KW - Religious life KW - Theology, Practical KW - Christianity KW - Sentences of Sextus. KW - Dicta selecta Sancti Xysti Episcopi Romani KW - Sentences of Sixtus KW - Sentences of Xystus KW - Sexti Pythagorici sententiae KW - Sextou gnōmai KW - -Sentences of Sextus. KW - 276 KW - Griekse patrologie--?"00/01" UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3444217 AB - Described by Origen as a writing that “even the masses of believers have read,” the Sentences of Sextus offers unique insights into popular Christian thought during the late second century C.E. Although it draws extensively on canonical texts for the composition of its sayings, it is especially fascinating for the manner in which it integrates these texts with material derived from two generically similar collections of Pythagorean maxims. This volume provides a critical edition including evidence from the Greek, Latin, Syriac, and Coptic versions; a new translation; and the first commentary for the Sentences, an important document for investigating the history of early Christian wisdom, asceticism, and ethics. ER -