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    Medieval · Greek

    Barlaam and Josaphat

    John of Damascus

    John of Damascus's Barlaam and Josaphat, translated from the Greek by Thothica, with the Greek original.

    Chapters
    41
    Variants
    82
    Genre
    Philosophy
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Prefaceprose
    2. 02Chapter 1prose
    3. 03Chapter 2prose
    4. 04Chapter 3prose
    5. 05Chapter 4prose
    6. 06Chapter 5prose
    7. 07Chapter 6prose
    8. 08Chapter 7prose
    9. 09Chapter 8prose
    10. 10Chapter 9prose
    11. 11Chapter 10prose
    12. 12Chapter 11prose
    13. 13Chapter 12prose
    14. 14Chapter 13prose
    15. 15Chapter 14prose
    16. 16Chapter 15prose
    17. 17Chapter 16prose
    18. 18Chapter 17prose
    19. 19Chapter 18prose
    20. 20Chapter 19prose
    21. 21Chapter 20prose
    22. 22Chapter 21prose
    23. 23Chapter 22prose
    24. 24Chapter 23prose
    25. 25Chapter 24prose
    26. 26Chapter 25prose
    27. 27Chapter 26prose
    28. 28Chapter 27prose
    29. 29Chapter 28prose
    30. 30Chapter 29prose
    31. 31Chapter 30prose
    32. 32Chapter 31prose
    33. 33Chapter 32prose
    34. 34Chapter 33prose
    35. 35Chapter 34prose
    36. 36Chapter 35prose
    37. 37Chapter 36prose
    38. 38Chapter 37prose
    39. 39Chapter 38prose
    40. 40Chapter 39prose
    41. 41Chapter 40prose

    In the atlas

    fully mapped

    Figures94

    Jesus Christ · Josaphat · Barlaam · God · Holy Spirit · David · Paul · John · Nachor · Devil

    Ideas84

    Repentance · the Holy Trinity · Idolatry · Godliness · The Kingdom of Heaven · free will · Almsgiving · Anger and Desire · Apostolic Grace · Asceticism

    Places37

    Hades · Gehenna · The Desert · The Palace · the desert of Senaar · Egypt · Paradise · heaven · Babylon · Barlaam's Cave

    Groups69

    Christians · Demons · the apostles · Egyptians · Ethiopians · Israelites · The God-bearing Fathers · the prophets · the wicked spirits · Apostles and Martyrs

    Events60

    Josaphat's baptism · Abenner's Persecution of Christians · Baptism · Baptism and Ministry of Christ · Birth and Naming of Josaphat · Christ's death on the cross · Conversion and baptism of Abenner · Council of Nicaea · Death of King Abenner · Destruction of idols and temples

    Objects36

    Idols · the Gospel · Hair-cloth Rag · Sign of the cross · The cross · Abenner's letter to Josaphat · Barlaam's ascetic garments · Bread from Heaven · Crowns of Glory · Diadem and royal ring

    Animals15

    Serpent · Bees · Deer · Dog · Sacrificial animals · Sacrificial bull · Swine · The Dragon · The Four Asps · The Two Mice

    127 citations · 132 themes · 573 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.