03559nam 22007094a 450 991077818730332120230829000130.00-674-02865-110.4159/9780674028654(CKB)1000000000786857(OCoLC)431378830(CaPaEBR)ebrary10312788(SSID)ssj0000136731(PQKBManifestationID)11146237(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136731(PQKBWorkID)10087365(PQKB)10826585(MiAaPQ)EBC3300083(DE-B1597)457564(OCoLC)1013955224(OCoLC)1029820477(OCoLC)1032691516(OCoLC)1037971510(OCoLC)1042028587(OCoLC)1046616666(OCoLC)1047000180(OCoLC)979621184(DE-B1597)9780674028654(Au-PeEL)EBL3300083(CaPaEBR)ebr10312788(OCoLC)923109039(EXLCZ)99100000000078685720050324d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDemons and the making of the monk[electronic resource] spiritual combat in early Christianity /David BrakkeCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20061 online resource (323 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01875-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-294) and index.Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- I. The Monk in Combat -- 1. The Single One: The Monk against the Demons -- 2. The New Martyr and Holy Man: Athanasius of Alexandria's Life of Antony -- 3. The Gnostic: Evagrius Ponticus -- 4. The Vigilant Brother: Pachomius and the Pachomian Koinonia -- 5. The Prophet: Shenoute and the White Monastery -- II. War Stories -- 6. "The Holy and Great Fathers": Monks, Demons, and Storytelling -- 7. Ethiopian Demons: The Monastic Self and the Diabolical Other -- 8. Manly Women, Female Demons, and Other Amazing Sights: Gender in Combat -- 9. From Gods to Demons: Making Monks, Making Christians -- Afterword: The Inner Battle -- Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexIn this finely written study of demonology and Christian spirituality in fourth- and fifth-century Egypt, David Brakke examines how the conception of the monk as a holy and virtuous being was shaped by the combative encounter with demons. Drawing on biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, and community rules, Brakke crafts a compelling picture of the embattled religious celibate.Monastic and religious lifeEgyptHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600DemonologyEgyptHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Spiritual warfareEgyptHistoryTo 1500Monastic and religious lifeHistoryDemonologyHistory of doctrinesSpiritual warfareHistory271/.009/015BO 2560rvkBrakke David476411MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778187303321Demons and the making of the monk3671720UNINA