| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) |
| Series |
Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity, 2213-0039 ; volume 9 |
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Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; v. 9.
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| Contents |
Intro; â#x80;#x8E;Contents; â#x80;#x8E;Preface; â#x80;#x8E;Abbreviations; â#x80;#x8E;List of Contributors; â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 1. Avant Propos (Larsen); â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 2. Communicating Monasticism: Reading and Writing Monastic texts in Late Antique Egypt (Choat and Giorda); â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 3. Monastic Letters on Papyrus from Late Antique Egypt (Choat); â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 4. From Textual to Ritual Practice: Written Media and Authority in Shenouteâ#x80;#x99;s Canons (Dilley); â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 5. Monastic Wills: The Continuation of Late Roman Legal Tradition? (Garel and Nowak) |
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Â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 6. Writing Monastic Testaments: A Communication from Generation to Generation (Giorda)â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 7. The Wisdom of the Wall: Innovation in Monastic Epigraphy (van der Vliet); â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 8. Writing and Monastic Doctrine (Vecoli); â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 9. Monastic Graffiti in Context: The Temple of Seti I at Abydos (Westerfeld); â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 10. Biblical Recitations and Their Function in the Piety of Monastic Egypt (Wipszycka); â#x80;#x8E;Index of Modern Authors; â#x80;#x8E;Index of Biblical References; â#x80;#x8E;Index of Ancient Sources; â#x80;#x8E;Index of People, Places, and Subjects |
| Summary |
The presence and practice of writing and modes of communication within late antique Egyptian monasticism is examined in a volume which addresses monks as letter writers, copyists, readers, and teachers, and the symbolic and spiritual value of the written word |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 16, 2017) |
| Subject |
Coptic monasticism and religious orders -- Egypt
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Coptic language -- Usage
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Coptic language -- History
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Literacy.
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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Coptic language
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Coptic monasticism and religious orders
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Literacy
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Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Choat, Malcolm, editor
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Giorda, Mariachiara, editor
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| LC no. |
2016048611 |
| ISBN |
9789004336506 |
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9004336508 |
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