The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto
Monastic Hagiography in the Late Fourth Century
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Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27708889M
- ISBN-139780198758259
- ISBN-100198758251
- OCLC Control Number953699504
- OCLC Control Number952156238
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2015958908
- Amazon0198758251
Classifications
- LCCBR195.M65
- LCCBR195.M65 C35 2016
Description
"The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto was one of the most widely read and disseminated Greek hagiographic texts during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. To this day it remains, alongside Athanasius' Life of Antony, one of the core primary sources for fourth-century Egyptian monasticism as well as one of the most fascinating, yet perplexing, pieces of monastic hagiography to survive from the entire patristic period. However, until now it has not received the intensive and sustained scholarly analysis that a monograph affords. In this study, Andrew Cain incorporates insights from source criticism, stylistic and rhetorical analysis, literary criticism, and historical, geographical, and theological studies in an attempt to break new ground and revise current scholarly orthodoxy about a broad range of interpretive issues and problems."--
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