Wow. These look like amazing books! 📚 I can’t say I have any of them. Sadly, those sorts of books aren’t ever read, recommended, or even heard of from the Protestant world. I love reading from multiple streams, clans, and tribes. I’ll have to purchase some of these. 🙏🏽
St. John Chrysostom and St. Athanasius are good places to start. I would also recommend the Apostolic Church Fathers as well. Recommendations also depend on a person's background as well. Pseudo Dionysius has a fairly technical vocabulary and a specific way he uses his language and the way he is read by Orthodox will be greatly different from how a Roman Catholic or Western scholar would read and understand his content. I haven't read any of the St. Isaac books that I have yet, although I'll hopefully read them soon.
I normally buy books used online and look for the cheapest copies that are in a satisfactory condition. You can check my video on intro to Orthodoxy books for a book list suggestion. I would recommend "Welcome to the Orthodox Church," by Fredricka Matthews Green for a 1st book. She is a good writer.
How is "A Short History of Byzantium"? I need a pro-Orthodox Byzantine history book for homeschooling purposes with my high school age daughter. Thanks.
I have not read them. I heard that they focus on Russian Orthodoxy since it is written by Metropolitan Hilarion, who is a Russian bishop. I have taken a break from intro into Orthodoxy books and am diving into different topics recently.
I have read a bit of the 1st book (at the behest of my priest) in that set and it's great. Metropolitan Hilarion, although often beset by controversy with regard to his generous "ecumenical" perspective, is an incredibly gifted writer and thinker.
Those are from Dumbarton Oaks medieval library. "Lives and Miracles," by Gregory of Tours, "Holy Men of Mount Athos," "The Life of Saint Neilos of Rossano," and the two volume set "On the Liturgy," by Amalar of Metz
@@NepticFathers I was not aware of "On the Liturgy" by Amalar of Metz. Can you tell me more about it. Is this a commentary on the western rite? Thanks in advance.
@@christophjasinski4804 Well apparently he is a preschism author, but had some views that were questionable, which can be read about online. I haven't read either volume.
Some of them I have to pay full price because I can't find them used. I normally check to see if I can find a book cheaper and if it is worth the price difference. I usually check bookfinder.com and use the ISBN or Title to do a book search. It searches a bunch of different websites and then lists the book from cheapest to most expensive. It checks all the big websites for used books such as ebay, amazon, abebooks, alibris, etc. Sometimes there is a substantial price difference between different websites. I also have built a huge wish list of books on amazon and then periodically go looking and see if a cheap used copy is available based off the amazon price. I'll then see if it is cheaper somewhere else using bookfinder. Sometimes waiting for a book can be the difference of paying $5 or $30. I also check brick and mortar stores as well. You can normally find such things like the writings of St. Augustine for cheap that way, or Greek Bibles and lexicons and those kinds of goodies.
@@homelesbillionaire I moved and was having two mortgages, but now my old house is under contract so I should be able to back off on the overtime I work and start making more videos in a few months.
This library could only exist by robbing a bank, working for Google, being a crypto millionaire, not eating für 5 years 😂. That's several thousands. You surely own several digital books as well...
