The world of early Egyptian Christianity : language, literature, and social context : essays in honor of David W. Johnson / / edited by James E. Goehring and Janet A. Timbie

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967100203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2007
• ISBN: 0-8132-2050-5; 0-8132-1579-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Collana: CUA Studies in Early Christianity Series; CUA studies in early Christianity
• Altri autori (Persone): GoehringJames E. <1950->; TimbieJanet; JohnsonD. W <1938-> (David W.)
• Disciplina: 281/.72
• Soggetti: Coptic Church -- History; Egypt -- Church history; Egypt Church history
• 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 (p. 189-210) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Abbreviations""; ""David W. Johnson: Publications""; ""I. Language and Literature""; ""1. The Coptic Ecclesiastical History: A Survey - Tito Orlandi""; ""2. Rhetorical Structure in Coptic Sermons - Mark Sheridan""; ""3. Sarabaitae and Remnuoth: Coptic Considerations - Monica J. Blanchard""; ""4. Reading and Rereading Shenouteâ€?s I Am Amazed: More Information on Nestorius and Others - Janet A. Timbie""; ""5. Questions and Related Phenomena in Coptic and in General: Final Definitions Based on Booleâ€?s Laws - Leo Depuydt""; ""II. Social Context""; ""6. Earliest Christianity in Egypt: Further Observations - Birger A. Pearson""""7. Philo, Origen, and the Rabbis on Divine Speech and Interpretation - Daniel Boyarin ""; ""8. Cannibalism and Other Family Woes in Letter 55 of Evagrius of Pontus - Robin Darling Young""; ""9. The Successors of Pachomius and the Nag Hammadi Codices: Exegetical Themes and Literary Structures - Philip Rousseau""; ""10. Keeping the Monastery Clean: A Cleansing Episode from an Excerpt on ; Abraham of Farshut and Shenouteâ€?s Discourse on Purity - James E. Goehring""; ""11. Illuminating the Cult of Kothos: The Panegyric on Macarius and Local Religion in Fifth-Century Egypt - David Frankfurter""""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""General Index""; ""Index to Scripture""
• Sommario/riassunto: With increasing interest in early Egyptian (Coptic) Christianity, this volume offers an important collection of essays about Coptic language, literature, and social history by the very finest authors in the field. The essays explore a wide range of topics and offer much to the advancement of Coptic studies.