The encroaching desert : Egyptian hagiography and the medieval west /

This volume presents a series of case studies concerning the use and reuse of Egyptian hagiography in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The first three contributions analyze the use of Egyptian hagiography in the context of late antique Egypt and, in particular, examine to what extent these texts...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dijkstra, Jitse H. F., Dijk, Mathilde van
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Temas:
Christian hagiography.
Christianity and other religions > Egyptian.
Christian saints > Egypt.
Desert Fathers.
Hagiographie chrétienne.
Christianisme > Relations > Religion égyptienne.
Saints chrétiens > Égypte.
Pères du désert.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Angelology & Demonology.
Christian hagiography
Christian saints
Christianity
Desert Fathers
Egyptians > Religion
Interfaith relations
Hagiografi.
Egypt
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: THE ENCROACHING DESERT
  • Jitse H.F. Dijkstra and Mathilde van Dijk
  • HAGIOGRAPHY AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LOCAL RELIGION IN LATE ANTIQUE EGYPT: MEMORIES, INVENTIONS, AND LANDSCAPES
  • David Frankfurter
  • BRINGING HOME THE HOMELESS: LANDSCAPE AND HISTORY IN EGYPTIAN HAGIOGRAPHY
  • Jacques van der Vliet
  • SAVING HISTORY? EGYPTIAN HAGIOGRAPHY IN ITS SPACE AND TIME
  • Peter van Minnen
  • DESERT, CITY, AND COUNTRYSIDE IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN IMAGINATION
  • Claudia Rapp
  • THE USES OF THE DESERT IN THE SIXTH-CENTURY WEST
  • Conrad Leyser
  • COLLECTING THE DESERT IN THE CAROLINGIAN WEST
  • Lynda L. Coon
  • THE FRANCISCAN HERMIT: SEEKER, PRISONER, REFUGEE
  • Bert Roest
  • EX VITA PATRUM FORMATUR VITA FRATRUM: THE APPROPRIATION OF THE DESERT FATHERS IN THE AUGUSTINIAN MONASTICISM OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
  • Eric L. Saak
  • NIKOLAUS OF FL220;E (8224; 1487): PHYSIOGNOMIES OF A LATE MEDIEVAL ASCETIC
  • Gabriela Signori
  • DISCIPLES OF THE DEEP DESERT: WINDESHEIM BIOGRAPHERS AND THE IMITATION OF THE DESERT FATHERS
  • Mathilde van Dijk
  • INDEX OF NAMES
  • ADDRESSES OF AUTHORS AND EDITORS.

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