Monks at Work: Ideals and Reality in Early Egyptian Monasticism
WHAT IS A MONK’S JOB? For many early monastic leaders and ascetic theorists, the job of a Christian monk was the self-work of ascetic disciplines: fasting, prayer, sexual renunciation, obedience, and voluntary poverty. Undertaken alone or in community, these ascetic (i.e., self-denying) "labors...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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| In: |
The 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
/ Early Christianity (motif)
B Biblical archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Leaders
B Poverty B THEORISTS B Renunciation (Philosophy) B MONASTIC life |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | WHAT IS A MONK’S JOB? For many early monastic leaders and ascetic theorists, the job of a Christian monk was the self-work of ascetic disciplines: fasting, prayer, sexual renunciation, obedience, and voluntary poverty. Undertaken alone or in community, these ascetic (i.e., self-denying) "labors" enabled monks to develop the virtues of humility, spiritual insight, and […] |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review
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