The Monk and the Book : Jerome and the Making of Christian Scholarship /

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In the West, monastic ideals and scholastic pursuits are complementary; monks are popularly imagined copying classics, preserving learning through the Middle Ages, and establishing the first universities. But this dual identity is not without its contradictions. While monasticism emphasizes the virt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Williams, Megan Hale (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
Temas:
RELIGION / General.
christian, christianity, faith, belief, religion, religious studies, history, historical, academic, scholarly, research, jerome, sect, monastic, west, western, middle ages, classics, poverty, chastity, morals, values, humility, monastics, asceticism, scholarship, university, education, culture, cultural, bourdieu, foucault, chartier, saint.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Making of a Christian Writer
  • 2 Experiments in Exegesis
  • 3 Interpretation and the Construction of Jerome's Authority
  • 4 Jerome's Library
  • 5 Toward a Monastic Order of Books
  • 6 The Book and the Voice
  • 7 Readers and Patrons
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Chronology of Jerome's Career
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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