Syncretism and the Holy Man in Late Antique Egypt

Despite their tendency to demonize and even lead attacks on older religious forms, Egyptian Christian holy men were active syncretists, combining new Christian ideas with regional traditions of religious action, need, and orientation. This paper seeks a reappraisal of the concept of syncretism, movi...

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Main Author: Frankfurter, David (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2003
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 339-385
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