The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto : Monastic hagiography in the late fourth century /
A study of the Historia Monachorum in Aegypto, one of the earliest pieces of monastic hagiography to survive in Greek.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Oxford early Christian studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | A study of the Historia Monachorum in Aegypto, one of the earliest pieces of monastic hagiography to survive in Greek. The Greek Historia Monachorum was one of the most widely read and disseminated Greek hagiographic texts during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. To this day it remains, alongside Athanasius' Life of Antony, one of the core primary sources for fourth-century Egyptian monasticism as well as one of the most fascinating, yet perplexing, pieces of monastic hagiography to survive from the entire patristic period. However, until now it has not received the intensive and sustained scholarly analysis that a monograph affords. In this study, Andrew Cain incorporates insights from source criticism, stylistic and rhetorical analysis, literary criticism, and historical, geographical, and theological studies in an attempt to break new ground and revise current scholarly orthodoxy about a broad range of interpretive issues and problems. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191818042 0191818046 9780191075803 0191075809 0198758251 9780198758259 |