Table of Contents Translators xi Preface xv Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 Holiness 1 The Daniel Dossier 4 Abba Daniel of Scetis 8 Abba Daniel: A Locative 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 I.1. Mark the Fool 43 I.2. Abba Daniel Atones for a Murder He Committed 45 I.3.
The Holy Mendicant 46 I.4. The Sister Who Pretended to be Drunk 47 I.5. Andronicus the Money-Changer and His Wife Athanasia 50 I.6. Concerning Thomaïs, the Chaste and Holy Young Woman 65 I.7.
A Monk, Tempted by Sexual Sin, Receives a Blessing from Thomaïs 69 I.8. The Patrician Lady Anastasia 69 I.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 of Theft 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 of Abba 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 Thief who Repented 113 Abba Daniel Refuses to Accept the Tome of Leo 115 Abba Daniel Goes to Tambok 116 Abba Daniel Returns to Scetis; Its Destruction 116 Abba Daniel Returns to Tambok; The Death of Abba 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 Bioukha 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 Thomaïs 140 A Monk Receives a Blessing from Thomaïs 140 Concerning the Woman Who Pretended to be Mad 141 The Thief who 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 of Abba 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 Däbrä-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 of Abba Daniel Concerning a Monk and His Sister 202 5. Armenian Accounts 207 Introduction 207 Armenian Accounts 210 1. Mark the Madman 210 2. A Holy Mendicant 211 3.
The Drunken Nun 214 4. Andronicus and Athanasia 220 5. Concerning Thomaïs 226 6. A Monk Receives a Blessing from a Young 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 a Young Man 245 2. (Eulogius the Stonecutter) 245 3. About a Eunuch (Anastasia) 252 4. About a Monk (Thomaïs) 254 5. About a Monk (The Monk Falsely Accused of Theft) 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 269 Introduction 269 Arabic Daniel among the Melkites 269 Arabic Daniel among the Coptic Orthodox 271 Excursus: Abba Daniel on Film 273 Arabic Accounts 275 The Woman Who Pretended to be Mad 275 The Thief Who Repented 277 Primary Sources and Translations 281 Bibliography 285 Notes 295 Index 391.