The Word in the Desert : Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in Early Christian Monasticism.

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Growing scholarly debate in recent years on the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. This book explores the setting within which their early monastic movement emerged.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burton-Christie, Douglas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Temas:
30-600
Monasticism and religious orders > Egypt > History.
Monasticism and religious orders > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Égypte > Histoire.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Monasticism and religious orders
Monasticism and religious orders > Early church
Egypt > Church history.
Egypt
Church history
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Abbreviations; Author's Note; I: The Desert Hermeneutic in Its Setting; 1 Introduction: Toward a Desert Hermeneutic; 2 Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in Late Antiquity; 3 The Sayings of the Desert Fathers; II: Approaches to the Word in the Desert; 4 The Use of Scripture in the Desert; 5 Words and Praxis; III: The Word Realized; 6 Eschatology, Penthos, and the Struggle against Evil; 7 Renunciation, Freedom from Care, and the Recovery of Paradise; 8 The Humble Way of Christ; 9 The Commandment of Love; Epilogue.
  • Appendix: Biblical Texts Cited in Cotelier's Greek Text and in Modern Translations of the SayingsSelected Bibliography; Index of Biblical Citations; OLD TESTAMENT; NEW TESTAMENT; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z.

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