An Authoritative Unity: Shenoute on Scripture and Tradition

This article investigates two related aspects of Shenoute of Atripe's engagement with Scripture: I) his understanding of Scripture and tradition as somehow united and II) the way in which this approach to Scripture influences Shenoute's actual method of exegesis. For Shenoute, Scripture an...

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Main Author: Knecht, Johann Jakob 1676-1732 (Author)
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Published: Peeters 2021
In: The journal of Eastern Christian studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 73, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 17-47
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