02997nam 2200649Ia 450 991078289450332120230817182712.00-19-774197-51-4294-0774-31-280-52688-20-19-535941-0(CKB)1000000000718492(EBL)273265(OCoLC)437173429(SSID)ssj0000367693(PQKBManifestationID)12103424(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000367693(PQKBWorkID)10343082(PQKB)10286642(Au-PeEL)EBL273265(CaPaEBR)ebr10278410(Au-PeEL)EBL4963351(CaONFJC)MIL52688(OCoLC)1027205825(MiAaPQ)EBC273265(EXLCZ)99100000000071849219910501d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Word in the desert scripture and the quest for holiness in early Christian monasticism /Douglas Burton-ChristieNew EditionNew York Oxford University Press19931 online resource (xv, 294 pages)0-19-508333-4 0-19-506614-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-321) and indexes.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; EpilogueAppendix: 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 IndexGrowing scholarly debate in recent years on the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. This book explores the setting within which their early monastic movement emerged.Monasticism and religious ordersEgyptHistoryMonasticism and religious ordersHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600EgyptChurch historyMonasticism and religious ordersHistory.Monasticism and religious ordersHistory271.00932271/.00932Burton-Christie Douglas480034MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782894503321The Word in the desert3786865UNINA