01378nam 2200385Ia 450 991070198020332120120709093054.0(CKB)5470000002422313(OCoLC)798564464(EXLCZ)99547000000242231320120709d2012 ua 0engurmn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMedicare[electronic resource] important steps have been taken, but more could be done to deter fraud : testimony before the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate /statement of Kathleen King[Washington, D.C.] :U.S. Govt. Accountability Office,[2012]1 online resource (21 pages)Testimony ;GAO-12-671TTitle from PDF title screen (viewed July 5, 2012)."For release ... April 24, 2012."Includes bibliographical references.Medicare Medicare fraudPreventionMedicare fraudPrevention.King Kathleen1382817United States.Congress.Senate.Committee on Finance.United States.Government Accountability Office.GPOGPOBOOK9910701980203321Medicare3433997UNINA05467nam 22007934a 450 991095588420332120251116233922.00-19-988304-11-282-23522-20-19-803674-4978661223522197866109145241-280-91452-10-19-516223-4(CKB)2560000000300058(EBL)3053377(OCoLC)922954251(SSID)ssj0000086261(PQKBManifestationID)11118973(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086261(PQKBWorkID)10026342(PQKB)11725774(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075066(MiAaPQ)EBC3053377(Au-PeEL)EBL3053377(CaPaEBR)ebr10288456(CaONFJC)MIL91452(MiAaPQ)EBC7037190(Au-PeEL)EBL7037190(OCoLC)54006530(FINmELB)ELB164504(OCoLC)823858415(EXLCZ)99256000000030005820040106d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesert Christians an introduction to the literature of early monasticism /William Harmless1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (513 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516222-6 0-19-983564-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; A Note on the Notes and Bibliographies; Part I. The World of Early Monasticism; 1. Roman Egypt; Alexandria; The Gift of the Nile; Early Egyptian Christianity; Monasticism in Egypt: Leaders, Writers, and Texts; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 1.1. Papyrus: Women and Monasticism; 2. Patriarchs, Councils, and Controversies: 300-451; Alexander, Arius, and the Council of Nicaea; Athanasius; Theophilus; Cyril and the Council of Ephesus; Dioscorus and the Council of Chalcedon; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 2.1. The Creed of the Council of Nicaea (325)Appendix 2.2. Texts from the Council of Ephesus (431)Appendix 2.3. The Definition of the Council of Chalcedon (451); Part II. Antony and Pachomius; 3. The Life of Antony: Text and Context; The ""Wrath"" of 356; A Physician For Egypt; Audience, Sources, and Genre; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 3.1. The Letters of Saint Antony; Appendix 3.2. The Letters of Ammonas; 4. The Life of Antony: Themes and Influence; Christ's Victory over Demons; God Enfleshed, Humanity Deified; The Politics of Orthodoxy; Antony in the Latin West; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 4.1. Jerome, The Life of Paul of ThebesAppendix 4.2. The Many Faces of AntonyAppendix 4.3. Did Athanasius Really Write the Life of Antony?; 5. Pachomius; The Sources; Early Career; The Koinonia; Later Career; Theodore and Horsiesius; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 5.1. The Versions of the Life of Pachomius; Appendix 5.2. The Letters of Pachomius; Appendix 5.3. The Letter of Ammon; Appendix 5.4. The Testament of Horsiesius; Appendix 5.5. Did the Nag Hammadi Library Belong to the Pachomians?; Part III. The Desert Fathers; 6. The Apophthegmata Patrum: Text and Context; Abba Antony; The Collections: Alphabetical and Systematic""Abba, Give Me a Word""Scetis; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 6.1. The Many Languages of Desert Literature; Appendix 6.2. Macarius the Egyptian, Letter to the Sons of God; 7. The Apophthegmata Patrum: Portraits; Abba Macarius the Egyptian; Abba John the Little; Abba Moses the Ethiopian; Abba Poemen; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 7.1. The Famous and Not-So-Famous of the Alphabetical Collection; Appendix 7.2. The Virtues of Abba Macarius the Great; Appendix 7.3. The ""Tree of Obedience""; Appendix 7.4. Zacharius of Sakhâ, Encomium on the Life of John the Little8. The Apophthegmata Patrum: ThemesHesychia; The Manifestation of Thoughts; The Demon of Lust; Anger; Blessed Are the Sorrowful; Visions; Scripture; From Oral Word to Written Text; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix 8.1. The Systematic Collections of the Apophthegmata Patrum; Appendix 8.2. Paul of Tamma, On the Cell; Appendix 8.3. Concerning Thoughts (Peri Logismon); Appendix 8.4. Isaiah of Scetis, Asceticon; Appendix 8.5. The Ethiopic Collectio Monastica; 9. The Histories; Nitria; Kellia; Other Sites; Portraits: The Lausiac History; Signs and Wonders: The History of the Monks in Egypt; NotesBibliographyIn this introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond, the author introduces major figures and literary texts and provides an up-to-date survey of current questions and scholarship in the field.Desert FathersChristian literature, EarlyHistory and criticismMonastic and religious lifeHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600Desert Fathers.Christian literature, EarlyHistory and criticism.Monastic and religious lifeHistory271/.009/015Harmless William1953-732917MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955884203321Desert Christians4463632UNINA