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Writing and Communication in Early Egyptian Monasticism.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (253 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004336506
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Writing and Communication in Early Egyptian MonasticismOnline resources:
Contents:
Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Preface -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎List of Contributors -- ‎Chapter 1. Avant Propos (Larsen) -- ‎Chapter 2. Communicating Monasticism: Reading and Writing Monastic texts in Late Antique Egypt (Choat and Giorda) -- ‎Chapter 3. Monastic Letters on Papyrus from Late Antique Egypt (Choat) -- ‎Chapter 4. From Textual to Ritual Practice: Written Media and Authority in Shenoute's Canons (Dilley) -- ‎Chapter 5. Monastic Wills: The Continuation of Late Roman Legal Tradition? (Garel and Nowak) -- ‎Chapter 6. Writing Monastic Testaments: A Communication from Generation to Generation (Giorda) -- ‎Chapter 7. The Wisdom of the Wall: Innovation in Monastic Epigraphy (van der Vliet) -- ‎Chapter 8. Writing and Monastic Doctrine (Vecoli) -- ‎Chapter 9. Monastic Graffiti in Context: The Temple of Seti I at Abydos (Westerfeld) -- ‎Chapter 10. Biblical Recitations and Their Function in the Piety of Monastic Egypt (Wipszycka) -- ‎Index of Modern Authors -- ‎Index of Biblical References -- ‎Index of Ancient Sources -- ‎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.
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Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Preface -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎List of Contributors -- ‎Chapter 1. Avant Propos (Larsen) -- ‎Chapter 2. Communicating Monasticism: Reading and Writing Monastic texts in Late Antique Egypt (Choat and Giorda) -- ‎Chapter 3. Monastic Letters on Papyrus from Late Antique Egypt (Choat) -- ‎Chapter 4. From Textual to Ritual Practice: Written Media and Authority in Shenoute's Canons (Dilley) -- ‎Chapter 5. Monastic Wills: The Continuation of Late Roman Legal Tradition? (Garel and Nowak) -- ‎Chapter 6. Writing Monastic Testaments: A Communication from Generation to Generation (Giorda) -- ‎Chapter 7. The Wisdom of the Wall: Innovation in Monastic Epigraphy (van der Vliet) -- ‎Chapter 8. Writing and Monastic Doctrine (Vecoli) -- ‎Chapter 9. Monastic Graffiti in Context: The Temple of Seti I at Abydos (Westerfeld) -- ‎Chapter 10. Biblical Recitations and Their Function in the Piety of Monastic Egypt (Wipszycka) -- ‎Index of Modern Authors -- ‎Index of Biblical References -- ‎Index of Ancient Sources -- ‎Index of People, Places, and Subjects.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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