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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harmless, William, 1953-2014
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Temas:
30-600
Desert Fathers.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Monastic and religious life > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Pères du désert.
Littérature chrétienne primitive > Histoire et critique.
Vie religieuse et monastique > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Christian literature, Early
Desert Fathers
Monastic and religious life > Early church
Mönchtum
Literatur
Literatura cristã (história e crítica)
Monasticismo.
Teologia (história)
monachisme > Egypte antique > 250 > 450.
pères du désert > Egypte antique > 3e s. > 5e s.
christianisme > littérature religieuse > Egypte antique > Eglise primitive.
Ägypten > Altertum
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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: 300â€?451
  • Alexander, Arius, and the Council of Nicaea
  • Athanasius
  • Theophilus
  • Cyril and the Council of Ephesus
  • Dioscorus and the Council of ChalcedonNotes
  • 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 DemonsGod 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 AmmonAppendix 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 LittleAbba 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 SakhÃØ, 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

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