LEADER 03275nam 22007333u 450 001 9910823670503321 005 20230817182712.0 010 $a0-19-774197-5 010 $a1-4294-0774-3 010 $a1-280-52688-2 010 $a0-19-535941-0 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195066142.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000718492 035 $a(EBL)273265 035 $a(OCoLC)437173429 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000367693 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12103424 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000367693 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10343082 035 $a(PQKB)10286642 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL273265 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278410 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4963351 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL52688 035 $a(OCoLC)1027205825 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC273265 035 $a(OCoLC)1406783106 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197741979 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000718492 100 $a19931122e20231993 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Word in the desert $escripture and the quest for holiness in early Christian monasticism$b[electronic resource] 205 $aNew Edition 210 1$aNew York ;$cOxford University Press,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 294 pages) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 1993. 311 0 $a0-19-508333-4 311 0 $a0-19-506614-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-321) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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; Epilogue 327 $aAppendix: 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 Index 330 8 $aAn investigation of the retreat to the desert and the growth of monasticism in 4th-century AD Egypt, which has been recognized as a significant movement of early Christianity. The text focuses on the ways in which the desert saints interpreted and appropriated the Scripture. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aMonasticism and religious orders$zEgypt$xHistory 606 $aMonasticism and religious orders$xHistory$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 607 $aEgypt$xChurch history 615 0$aMonasticism and religious orders$xHistory. 615 0$aMonasticism and religious orders$xHistory 676 $a271.00932 676 $a271/.00932 700 $aBurton-Christie$b Douglas$0480034 801 0$bUk 801 1$bUk 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823670503321 996 $aThe Word in the desert$94013185 997 $aUNINA