Pseudo-Dionysius

"This magisterial work by Rorem will serve excellently anyone who is interested in knowing better a major molder of Christian thought."--Religious Studies Review "An excellent book....A major piece of scholarship. We are all in debt to the author for giving us a deeper appreciation of the shadowy figure who so prominently shaped our common Christian tradition."--Augustinian Studies "The intellectual apparatus of the study is first rate: extensive notes accompany each chapter, and the bibliography is impressive. The lucid style makes difficult concepts accessible. Pseudo-Dionysius: A Commentary on the Texts and an Introduction to Their Influence is a major contribution to the study of Christian mysticism."--Cross Currents "This commentary is a welcome and authoritative contribution to Dionysian studies. It makes these important texts more accessible to scholars and students. The author's style is engaging and lucid, illuminating a complex subject with clarity and sound scholarship....Rorem has established himself as a foremost authority on Dionysius in our time."--Theology Today "With this book, Paul Rorem further establishes his reputation as one of the leading experts on Pseudo-Dionysius."--Calvin Theological Journal "This magisterial work by Rorem will serve excellently anyone who is interested in knowing better a major molder of Christian thought."--Religious Studies Review "An excellent book....A major piece of scholarship. We are all in debt to the author for giving us a deeper appreciation of the shadowy figure who so prominently shaped our common Christian tradition."--Augustinian Studies "The intellectual apparatus of the study is first rate: extensive notes accompany each chapter, and the bibliography is impressive. The lucid style makes difficult concepts accessible. Pseudo-Dionysius: A Commentary on the Texts and an Introduction to Their Influence is a major contribution to the study of Christian mysticism."--Cross Currents "This commentary is a welcome and authoritative contribution to Dionysian studies. It makes these important texts more accessible to scholars and students. The author's style is engaging and lucid, illuminating a complex subject with clarity and sound scholarship....Rorem has established himself as a foremost authority on Dionysius in our time."--Theology Today "With this book, Paul Rorem further establishes his reputation as one of the leading experts on Pseudo-Dionysius."--Calvin Theological Journal "A landmark in English Dionysian scholarship."--Modern Theology "Paul Rorem has done major work on Dionysius....A valuable addition to the literature on this enigmatic, influential "igure."--Speculum [Rorem] sets the Dionysian texts in their sixth-century historical context, he elucidates them clearly and accessibly without minimizing any of the considerable difficulties of interpretation that they present."--The Way Heythrop College