Monks at Work: Ideals and Reality in Early Egyptian Monasticism
The article offers information on the monastic leaders and ascetic theorists, the job of a Christian monk that was the self-work of ascetic disciplines that is fasting, prayer, sexual renunciation, obedience, and voluntary poverty. Topics include reports that physical labor is an ascetic discipline...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2020, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 20-23 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt
/ Egypt (Nord)
/ Monasticism (Motif)
/ Asceticism
/ Church history studies
/ Church
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
| Further subjects: | B
Leaders
B Poverty B THEORISTS B Renunciation (Philosophy) B MONASTIC life |
| Summary: | The article offers information on the monastic leaders and ascetic theorists, the job of a Christian monk that was the self-work of ascetic disciplines that is fasting, prayer, sexual renunciation, obedience, and voluntary poverty. Topics include reports that physical labor is an ascetic discipline that is a physically difficult, demeaning, or tedious manual task that purifies the spirit by humbling the body. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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