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Mystic Treatises of St. Isaac of Nineveh: A Complete Reader’s Edition
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Read a demanding teacher of mercy and the heart.
Saint Isaac of Nineveh, also known as Isaac the Syrian, considers silence, repentance, humility, temptation, and love with sustained attention to the inner life. This edition brings together the eighty-two treatises translated from Syriac by A. J. Wensinck. The longer discourses allow readers to follow Isaac’s reasoning about ascetic struggle and compassion, making the book a substantial companion for serious study of Eastern Christian spirituality.
Inside this book
- Eighty-two treatises in Wensinck’s translation
- Silence, solitude, fasting, and vigil
- Humility, temptation, mercy, and prayer
Choose this for slow, sustained reading of Isaac’s ascetical teaching. Its depth rewards returning to a discourse rather than rushing through the collection.
Edition details
- Author
- Saint Isaac the Syrian
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Length
- 390 pages
- Trim size
- 6 × 9 inches
- ISBN
- 9798190630572
- Publication date
- August 4, 2026