The Word in the desert : scripture and the quest for holiness in early Christian monasticism.
An investigation of the retreat to the desert and the growth of monasticism in 4th-century AD Egypt, which has been recognized as a significant movement of early Christianity. The text focuses on the ways in which the desert saints interpreted and appropriated the Scripture.
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| Ausgabe | New Edition |
| Ort, Verlag, Jahr |
New York ;
: Oxford University Press
, 2023
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| Umfang | 1 online resource (xv, 294 pages) |
| ISBN | 0-19-028206-1 0-19-774197-5 1-4294-0774-3 1-280-52688-2 0-19-535941-0 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Zusatzinfo | Previously issued in print: 1993. |
| Zusatzinfo | 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 Sayings; Selected Bibliography; Index of Biblical Citations; OLD TESTAMENT; NEW TESTAMENT; General Index |
| Zusatzinfo | English |
| Serie/Reihe | Oxford scholarship online. |
| Online-Zugang | EBSCO EBS 2024 https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195066142.001.0001 |
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