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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779767103321

Autore

Cain Andrew

Titolo

Jerome and the monastic clergy [[electronic resource] ] : a commentary on letter 52 to Nepotian, with introduction, text, and translation / / by Andrew Cain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

90-04-24438-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; ; 119

Altri autori (Persone)

Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.

Disciplina

271.009/015

Soggetti

Clergy

Monks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- References -- Text and Translation -- Commentary -- Bibliography of Ancient Authors -- Indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

In Jerome and the Monastic Clergy , Andrew Cain provides the first full-scale commentary on the famous Letter to Nepotian, in which Jerome articulates his radical plan for imposing a strict ascetic code of conduct on the contemporary clergy. Cain comprehensively addresses stylistic, literary, historical, text-critical and other issues of interpretive interest. Accompanying the commentary is an introduction which situates the Letter in the broader context of its author’s life and work and exposes its fundamental propagandistic dimensions. The revised critical Latin text and the new facing-page translation will make the Letter more accessible than ever before and will provide a reliable textual apparatus for future scholarship on this key writing by one of the most prolific authors in Latin antiquity.