Desert Christians : an introduction to the literature of early monasticism /
In this introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond, the author introduces major figures and literary texts and provides an up-to-date survey of current questions and scholarship in the field.
| Основен автор: | Harmless, William, 1953-2014. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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Print version::
Desert Christians. |
Съдържание:
- ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""A Note on the Notes and Bibliographies""; ""Part I. The World of Early Monasticism""; ""1. Roman Egypt""; ""Alexandria""; ""The Gift of the Nile""; ""Early Egyptian Christianity""; ""Monasticism in Egypt: Leaders, Writers, and Texts""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix 1.1. Papyrus: Women and Monasticism""; ""2. Patriarchs, Councils, and Controversies: 300�451""; ""Alexander, Arius, and the Council of Nicaea""; ""Athanasius""; ""Theophilus""; ""Cyril and the Council of Ephesus""
- ""Dioscorus and the Council of Chalcedon""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix 2.1. The Creed of the Council of Nicaea (325)""; ""Appendix 2.2. Texts from the Council of Ephesus (431)""; ""Appendix 2.3. The Definition of the Council of Chalcedon (451)""; ""Part II. Antony and Pachomius""; ""3. The Life of Antony: Text and Context""; ""The ""Wrath"" of 356""; ""A Physician For Egypt""; ""Audience, Sources, and Genre""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix 3.1. The Letters of Saint Antony""; ""Appendix 3.2. The Letters of Ammonas""; ""4. The Life of Antony: Themes and Influence""
- ""Christ's Victory over Demons""""God Enfleshed, Humanity Deified""; ""The Politics of Orthodoxy""; ""Antony in the Latin West""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix 4.1. Jerome, The Life of Paul of Thebes""; ""Appendix 4.2. The Many Faces of Antony""; ""Appendix 4.3. Did Athanasius Really Write the Life of Antony?""; ""5. Pachomius""; ""The Sources""; ""Early Career""; ""The Koinonia""; ""Later Career""; ""Theodore and Horsiesius""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix 5.1. The Versions of the Life of Pachomius""; ""Appendix 5.2. The Letters of Pachomius""
- ""Appendix 5.3. The Letter of Ammon""""Appendix 5.4. The Testament of Horsiesius""; ""Appendix 5.5. Did the Nag Hammadi Library Belong to the Pachomians?""; ""Part III. The Desert Fathers""; ""6. The Apophthegmata Patrum: Text and Context""; ""Abba Antony""; ""The Collections: Alphabetical and Systematic""; """"Abba, Give Me a Word""""; ""Scetis""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix 6.1. The Many Languages of Desert Literature""; ""Appendix 6.2. Macarius the Egyptian, Letter to the Sons of God""; ""7. The Apophthegmata Patrum: Portraits""; ""Abba Macarius the Egyptian""
- ""Abba John the Little""""Abba Moses the Ethiopian""; ""Abba Poemen""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix 7.1. The Famous and Not-So-Famous of the Alphabetical Collection""; ""Appendix 7.2. The Virtues of Abba Macarius the Great""; ""Appendix 7.3. The ""Tree of Obedience""""; ""Appendix 7.4. Zacharius of SakhA℗Ø, Encomium on the Life of John the Little""; ""8. The Apophthegmata Patrum: Themes""; ""Hesychia""; ""The Manifestation of Thoughts""; ""The Demon of Lust""; ""Anger""; ""Blessed Are the Sorrowful""; ""Visions""; ""Scripture""; ""From Oral Word to Written Text""; ""Notes""