03275nam 22007333u 450 991082367050332120230817182712.00-19-774197-51-4294-0774-31-280-52688-20-19-535941-010.1093/oso/9780195066142.001.0001(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(OCoLC)1406783106(StDuBDS)9780197741979(EXLCZ)99100000000071849219931122e20231993 uy |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Word in the desert scripture and the quest for holiness in early Christian monasticism[electronic resource]New EditionNew York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (xv, 294 pages)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1993.0-19-508333-4 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 IndexAn investigation of the retreat to the desert and the growth of monasticism in 4th-century AD Egypt, which has been recognized as a significant movement of early Christianity. The text focuses on the ways in which the desert saints interpreted and appropriated the Scripture.Oxford scholarship online.Monasticism and religious ordersEgyptHistoryMonasticism and religious ordersHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600EgyptChurch historyMonasticism and religious ordersHistory.Monasticism and religious ordersHistory271.00932271/.00932Burton-Christie Douglas480034UkUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910823670503321The Word in the desert4013185UNINA