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Riot in Alexandria : tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watts, Edward Jay, 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
Series:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 46.
Subjects:
Alexandria (Egypt) > Intellectual life.
Alexandria (Egypt) > Church history.
Paganism > Egypt > Alexandria > History.
Christian communities > Egypt > Alexandria > History.
Asceticism > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Alexandrian school, Christian.
Education, Ancient > Egypt > Alexandria.
Riots > Egypt > Alexandria > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The anatomy of a riot
  • Personal legacy and scholastic identity
  • Past, present, and future in late Neoplatonic historical discourse
  • History and the shape of monastic communities
  • Anti-Chalcedonian ascetics and their student associates
  • Creating the legend of the Alexandrian bishop
  • Theophilus and Cyril : the Alexandrian bishop triumphant
  • Peter Mongus struggles with the past.