The Healing Shrines of St. Phoibammon: Evidence of Cult Activity in Coptic Legal Documents
A group of 8th century Coptic child donation documents addressed to the monastery of Apa Phoibammon on the mountain of Jeme in Upper Egypt has been the subject of much discussion. The exclusively male children donated by their parents have always been understood as gifts to the monastery itself, a p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 496-523 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kloster Deir el-Bahari
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/ Gift
/ Miraculous healing
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa KCD Hagiography; saints |
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