The Letters of John of Dalyatha / / Mary Hansbury.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Hansbury, Mary,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; List of Abbreviations --; Text and Translation: The Letters of John of Dalyatha --; Letters 1 - 36 --; Letters 37 - 51 --; Appendix --; List of Some Syriac Terms --; Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463210809; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463210809
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mary Hansbury.

John of Dalyatha (690-780 CE) was a monk from a monastery near the Turkey-Iraq border. After living in the monastery for only seven years, he received permission to live a solitary life in the over 9,000 ft high mountains of Dalyatha where he spent most of his life. When he became too old to live on his own, he came down from the mountains, formed a community around himself and wrote these works. In them, John outlines the life itinerary of those who are baptized, the "Way of Wonder" - leading to the vision of God.