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His surviving works include:
 
His surviving works include:
  
* Commentary on the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah [[[FT]]]
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* Commentary on the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah [[FT]]
 
* Commentary on the Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers, compiled by `Enanisho`.  This work has never been published, other than a few extracts.
 
* Commentary on the Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers, compiled by `Enanisho`.  This work has never been published, other than a few extracts.
* ''On the Solitude of the Seven Weeks'' [[[ET]]].  This deals with the theme of stillness (''hesychia'') during solitary retreats lasting seven weeks.
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* ''On the Solitude of the Seven Weeks'' [[ET]].  This deals with the theme of stillness (''hesychia'') during solitary retreats lasting seven weeks.
* Various other shorter texts on the spiritual life. [[[ET]]].
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* Various other shorter texts on the spiritual life. [[ET]].
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
  
* Commentary on Abba Isaiah's Asceticon: [[[FT]] by R. Draguet, CSCO Syr. 144-5 (1972)
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* Commentary on Abba Isaiah's Asceticon: [[FT]] by R. Draguet, CSCO Syr. 144-5 (1972)
 
* On Seven Weeks etc: A. Mingana, ''Early Christian Mystics'', 1934.
 
* On Seven Weeks etc: A. Mingana, ''Early Christian Mystics'', 1934.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 25 May 2011

Dadisho` was an East Syriac writer of the late 7th century. Like Isaac the Syrian, he originated from Beth Qatrayem and was later connected with the monastery of Rabban Shabur.[1]

His surviving works include:

  • Commentary on the Asceticon of Abba Isaiah FT
  • Commentary on the Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers, compiled by `Enanisho`. This work has never been published, other than a few extracts.
  • On the Solitude of the Seven Weeks ET. This deals with the theme of stillness (hesychia) during solitary retreats lasting seven weeks.
  • Various other shorter texts on the spiritual life. ET.

Bibliography

  • Commentary on Abba Isaiah's Asceticon: FT by R. Draguet, CSCO Syr. 144-5 (1972)
  • On Seven Weeks etc: A. Mingana, Early Christian Mystics, 1934.

References

  1. Sebastian Brock, A brief outline of Syriac literature, Moran Etho 9, p.56 and 135.