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Author Harvey, Susan Ashbrook.

Title Asceticism and society in crisis : John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern saints / Susan Ashbrook Harvey
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) : 1 map
Series The Transformation of the classical heritage ; 18
Transformation of the classical heritage ; 18.
Contents Introduction: John's World -- "These Holy Images"': John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern Saints --I "Let your Light so Shine Before Men": The Ascetic Vision -- Amida: The Measure of Madness -- Purpose and Places -- Spirituality and Accountability: Consequences of the Ascetic Vow -- Some Implications: The Case of Women -- John of Ephesus: Asceticism and Society
Notes Based on the author's thesis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218) and index
Notes English
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Subject John, Bishop of Ephesus, approximately 507-586. Lives of the Eastern saints.
SUBJECT Lives of the Eastern saints (John, Bishop of Ephesus) fast (OCoLC)fst01374611
Subject Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Christian saints -- Middle East -- Biography -- History and criticism
Jacobites (Syrian Christians) -- Biography
Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Monophysites -- Middle East -- History
Saints
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
Asceticism -- Early church.
Christian saints.
Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages.
Jacobites (Syrian Christians)
Monophysites.
Middle East.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585139741
9780585139746
9780520065239
0520065239