Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty
Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt (Transformation of the Classical Heritage)
Ariel G. Lopez, Ariel G. Lopez
ISBN: | 9780520274839 |
Publisher: | UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR |
Published: | 4 February, 2013 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty
Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt (Transformation of the Classical Heritage)
Ariel G. Lopez, Ariel G. Lopez
Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the most important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. The issues and concerns Shenoute grappled with on a daily basis, Ariel Lopez argues, were not local problems, unique to one small corner of the ancient world. Rather, they are crucial to interpreting late ant
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