Selected discourses of Shenoute the Great: community, theology, and social conflict in late Antique Egypt
Shenoute the Great (c.347–465) led one of the largest Christian monastic communities in late antique Egypt and was the greatest native writer of Coptic in history. For approximately eight decades, Shenoute led a federation of three monasteries and emerged as a Christian leader. His public sermons at...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2015.
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Schenute 333-451
/ Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Monasticism
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| Further subjects: | B
Shenute Saint (approximately 348-466)
B Coptic monasticism and religious orders (Egypt) History B Shenute ; Saint ; approximately 348-466 B Spring B Coptic Church History B Coptic Church ; History B Coptic monasticism and religious orders ; Egypt ; History |
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| Summary: | Shenoute the Great (c.347–465) led one of the largest Christian monastic communities in late antique Egypt and was the greatest native writer of Coptic in history. For approximately eight decades, Shenoute led a federation of three monasteries and emerged as a Christian leader. His public sermons attracted crowds of clergy, monks, and lay people; he advised military and government officials; he worked to ensure that his followers would be faithful to orthodox Christian teaching; and he vigorously and violently opposed paganism and the oppressive treatment of the poor by the rich. This volume presents in translation a selection of his sermons and other orations. These works grant us access to the theology, rhetoric, moral teachings, spirituality, and social agenda of a powerful Christian leader during a period of great religious and social change in the later Roman Empire. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1139136844 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139136846 |