The Word in the desert : scripture and the quest for holiness in early Christian monasticism [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Burton-Christie Douglas
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: New Edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 294 pages)
• Disciplina: 271.00932; 271/.00932
• Soggetto topico: Monasticism and religious orders - Egypt - History; Monasticism and religious orders - History - Early church, ca. 30-600
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt Church history
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1993.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-321) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Epilogue ; Appendix: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: An 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Word in the desert
• ISBN: 0-19-774197-5; 1-4294-0774-3; 1-280-52688-2; 0-19-535941-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823670503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.