Death of the desert : monastic memory and the loss of Egypt's golden age /

Death of the Desert offers a fresh examination of Archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria's banishment of the so-called Tall Brothers, four Origenist monks who led monastic communities in the western Egyptian desert, and brings into dialogue narrative strands that have largely been separated in the...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marquis, Christine Luckritz (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Series:Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser.
Subjects:
Theophilus, > Archbishop of Alexandria, > -412.
Theophilus, > Archbishop of Alexandria, > -412
30-600
Monasticism and religious orders > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Monasticism and religious orders > Egypt > History.
Deserts > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Memory > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Égypte > Histoire.
Déserts > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Mémoire > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Violence > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Littérature chrétienne primitive > Histoire et critique.
RELIGION / Christianity / History.
Christian literature, Early
Deserts > Religious aspects > Christianity
Memory > Religious aspects > Christianity
Monasticism and religious orders
Monasticism and religious orders > Early church
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity
Egypt > Church history.
Egypt
Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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