Witness to Holiness Abba Daniel of Scetis

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Preface
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Abbreviations
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INTRODUCTION
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Holiness 1
The Daniel Dossier 4
Abba Daniel of Seeds 8
Abba Daniel: A Locadve and Chronological Search 11 The Narrator as Disciple and Eyewitness:
Hagiography and History 17 Disciple and Abba: Portraying the Holy Man 25 Witness to Holiness 31 An Expansive Perversity 38
1. THE GREEK ACCOUNTS 41
A Note on the Greek Texts 41 I. Stories About Abba Daniel 43
1.1. Mark the Fool 43
1.2. Abba Daniel Atones for a Murder He Committed 45
1.3. The Holy Mendicant 46
1.4. The SisterWho Pretended to be Drunk 47
1.5. Andronicus the Money-Changer and His Wife Athanasia 50
1.6. Concerning Thomais,
the Chaste and HolyYoung Woman 65
1.7. A Monk,Tempted by Sexual Sin,
Receives a Blessing from Thomais 69
1.8. The Patrician Lady Anastasia 69
1.9. Eulogius the Stonecutter 77
II. Stories Attributed to Abba Daniel 83
II. 1. A Monk in a Tomb is Ignored by Two Demons 83 II.2. The Monk Falsely Accused ofTheft 83
III. A Story Attributed to Daniel Elsewhere 87
III. 1. Concerning a Monk and His Sister 87
IV. A Story . . . Associated with John Moschus 90
IV. 1. Abba Daniel Refutes Slanderous Charges 90
IV. 2. The Female Monastic Possessed by a Demon 90
V. Stories about Abba Daniel from Other Sources 91
V. 1. Daniel Predicts the Fall of a Monk
Who Frequents the Baths 91 V.2. The Importance of Monastic Stability 93 V.3. Abba Silvanus Speaks ofAbba Longinus and Abba Daniel 94
2. THE COPTIC LIFE OF DANIEL 97
Introduction 97 The Coptic Life of Daniel 105 Proemium 105 Mark the Fool 105
Concerning Eulogius the Stonecutter 107 The Thiel who Repented 113
Abba Daniel Refuses to Accept the Tome of Leo 115 Abba Daniel Goes to Tambok 116 Abba Daniel Returns to Seeds; Its Destruction 116 Abba Daniel Returns to Tambok;
The Death ofAbba Daniel 117 Concluding Doxology 118 Appendix: . . . From the Coptic Synaxary 119
I. 10 Hatur (6 November): [Mark the Fool] 120
II. 19 Kihak (15 December):The Departure of John, Bishop of El-Borollos 121
III. 26 Tubah (21 January): Anastasia 123
IV. 8 Bashons (3 May):
Daniel [and Anastasia and Eulogius] 124
V.1 Abib (25 June): The Departure of
Saints Biottkha and Tayaban [Banayen] 125
3. THE ETHIOPIC LIFE OF DANIEL 127
Introduction 127 The Life of Daniel 131 Anastasia 131 Mark the Fool 133
Eulogius the Stonecutter 135
Concerning Thomais 140
A Monk Receives a Blessing from Thomais 140
Concerning theWoman Who Pretended to be Mad 141
The Thiefwho Repented 143
The Female Hermit 145
Abba Daniel Refuses to Accept the Tome of Leo 146 Abba Daniel Goes to Tambok 147 Abba Daniel Returns to Scetis 148 The Death ofAbba Daniel 148 Appendix I: Entries from the Ethiopic Synaxary (Sinkissar) 150
I.16 Khidar:
Abba Daniel of the Monastery of Saint Macarius 150
II. 7 Tahksas: Abba Daniel of Dabra-Sihat 152
III. 8 Ginbot: Abba Daniel of Scetis 155
IV. 1 Hamle: Beyoka and Benyamin 156
V. 28 Hamle: Andronicus 158 Appendix II: Ethiopic Apophthegms 161
Eth 268 {Patericon Aethiopice):
Abba Daniel Refutes Charges 161 Eth 68 (Geronticon):The Holy Mendicant 162 Eth 70 (Geronticon):The Patrician Lady Anastasia 163 Eth 71 (Geronticon): Andronicus and Athanasia 166 Eth 72 (Geronticon): Eulogius the Stonecutter 171 Eth 472 (Geronticon):
The Woman Who Pretended to be Insane 178
4. SYRIAC ACCOUNTS 181
Introduction 181 Syriac Accounts 183
1. The Woman Who Pretended to be Insane 183
2. Andronicus and Athanasia 185
3. The Patrician Lady Anastasia 192
4. Eulogius the Stonecutter 195
5. The Narrative ofAbba Daniel Concerning a Monk and His Sister 202
5. ARMENIAN ACCOUNTS Introduction 207
Armenian Accounts 210
1. Mark the Madman 210
2. A Holy Mendicant 211
3. The Drunken Nun 214
4. Andronicus andAthanasia 220
5. Concerning Thomais 226
6. A Monk Receives a Blessing from aYoung Woman 229
7. The Patrician Lady Anastasia 230
8. Eulogius 234
9. A Monk in a Tomb is Ignored by Two Demons 242
6. LATIN ACCOUNTS 243
Introduction 243 Latin Accounts 245
1. About aYoung Man 245
2. (Eulogius the Stonecutter) 245
3. About a Eunuch (Anastasia) 252
4. About a Monk (Thomais) 254
5. About a Monk
(The Monk Falsely Accused ofTheft) 256
6. Abba Daniel and a Nun
(The Woman Who Pretended to be Drunk) 260
7. OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC ACCOUNTS 263
Introduction 263 Anastasia 263
8.ARABIC ACCOUNTS
Introduction 269
Arabic Daniel among the Melkites 269 Arabic Daniel among the Coptic Orthodox Excursus: Abba Daniel on Film 273 Arabic Accounts 275
The Woman Who Pretended to be Mad The ThiefWho Repented 277
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