Author: Vincent L. Wimbush
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780800631055
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
In presenting a selection of twenty-eight texts in translation with introductory essays, Vincent L. Wimbush and his co-authors have produced the first book on asceticism that does full justice to the varieties of ascetic behavior in the Greco-Roman world. The texts, representative of different religious cults, philosophical schools, and geographical locations, are organized by literary genre into five parts that give a fascinating overview of the ascetic tradition.
Ascetic Behavior in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Author: Vincent L. Wimbush
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780800631055
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
In presenting a selection of twenty-eight texts in translation with introductory essays, Vincent L. Wimbush and his co-authors have produced the first book on asceticism that does full justice to the varieties of ascetic behavior in the Greco-Roman world. The texts, representative of different religious cults, philosophical schools, and geographical locations, are organized by literary genre into five parts that give a fascinating overview of the ascetic tradition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780800631055
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
In presenting a selection of twenty-eight texts in translation with introductory essays, Vincent L. Wimbush and his co-authors have produced the first book on asceticism that does full justice to the varieties of ascetic behavior in the Greco-Roman world. The texts, representative of different religious cults, philosophical schools, and geographical locations, are organized by literary genre into five parts that give a fascinating overview of the ascetic tradition.
Barking, Dancing and Desert Dwelling
Author: Anne L Fashauer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asceticism
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asceticism
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Ascetic Behaviour in Greco-Roman Antiqui
Author: Vincent L. Wimbush (Ed.) Staff
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN: 9780567084491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN: 9780567084491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World
Author: Richard Damian Finn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521862817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Pagan asceticism: cultic and contemplative purity -- Asceticism in Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism -- Christian asceticism before Origen -- Origen and his ascetic legacy -- Cavemen, cenobites, and clerics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521862817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Pagan asceticism: cultic and contemplative purity -- Asceticism in Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism -- Christian asceticism before Origen -- Origen and his ascetic legacy -- Cavemen, cenobites, and clerics.
Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud
Author: Michal Bar-Asher Siegal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107470412
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of striking parallels and connections between Christian monastic texts (the Apophthegmata Patrum or 'The Sayings of the Desert Fathers') and Babylonian Talmudic traditions. The importance of the monastic movement in the Persian Empire, during the time of the composition and redaction of the Babylonian Talmud, fostered a literary connection between the two religious populations. The shared literary elements in the literatures of these two elite religious communities sheds new light on the surprisingly inclusive nature of the Talmudic corpora and on the non-polemical nature of elite Jewish-Christian literary relations in late antique Persia.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107470412
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of striking parallels and connections between Christian monastic texts (the Apophthegmata Patrum or 'The Sayings of the Desert Fathers') and Babylonian Talmudic traditions. The importance of the monastic movement in the Persian Empire, during the time of the composition and redaction of the Babylonian Talmud, fostered a literary connection between the two religious populations. The shared literary elements in the literatures of these two elite religious communities sheds new light on the surprisingly inclusive nature of the Talmudic corpora and on the non-polemical nature of elite Jewish-Christian literary relations in late antique Persia.
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
Author: Everett Ferguson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136611576
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
Book Description
First published in 1997. What's new in the Second Edition: Some 250 new entries, twenty-five percent more than in the first edition, plus twenty-five new expert contributors. Bibliographies are greatly expanded and updated throughout; More focus on biblical books and philosophical schools, their influence on early Christianity and their use by patristic writers; More information about the Jewish and pagan environment of early Christianity; Greatly enlarged coverage of the eastern expansion of the faith throughout Asia, including persons and literature; More extensive treatment of saints, monasticism, worship practices, and modern scholars; Greater emphasis on social history and more theme articles; More illustrations, maps, and plans; Additional articles on geographical regions; Expanded chronological table; Also includes maps.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136611576
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
Book Description
First published in 1997. What's new in the Second Edition: Some 250 new entries, twenty-five percent more than in the first edition, plus twenty-five new expert contributors. Bibliographies are greatly expanded and updated throughout; More focus on biblical books and philosophical schools, their influence on early Christianity and their use by patristic writers; More information about the Jewish and pagan environment of early Christianity; Greatly enlarged coverage of the eastern expansion of the faith throughout Asia, including persons and literature; More extensive treatment of saints, monasticism, worship practices, and modern scholars; Greater emphasis on social history and more theme articles; More illustrations, maps, and plans; Additional articles on geographical regions; Expanded chronological table; Also includes maps.
The Making of the Self
Author: Richard Valantasis
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
ISBN: 0227903277
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A leading scholar of ascetical studies, Richard Valantasis explores a variety of ascetical traditions ranging from the Greco-Roman philosophy of Musonius Rufus, the asceticism found in the Nag Hammadi Library and in certain Gnostic texts, the Gospelof Thomas, and other early Christian texts. This collection gathers historical and theoretical essays develop a theory of asceticism that informs the analysis of historical texts and opens the way for postmodern ascetical studies. Wide-ranging in historical scope and in developing theory, these essays address asceticism for scholar and student alike. The theory will be of particular interest to those interested in cultural theory and analysis, while the historical essays provide the researcher with easy access to a significant corpus of academic writing on asceticism.
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
ISBN: 0227903277
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A leading scholar of ascetical studies, Richard Valantasis explores a variety of ascetical traditions ranging from the Greco-Roman philosophy of Musonius Rufus, the asceticism found in the Nag Hammadi Library and in certain Gnostic texts, the Gospelof Thomas, and other early Christian texts. This collection gathers historical and theoretical essays develop a theory of asceticism that informs the analysis of historical texts and opens the way for postmodern ascetical studies. Wide-ranging in historical scope and in developing theory, these essays address asceticism for scholar and student alike. The theory will be of particular interest to those interested in cultural theory and analysis, while the historical essays provide the researcher with easy access to a significant corpus of academic writing on asceticism.
Asceticism and the New Testament
Author: Leif E. Vaage
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135962243
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135962243
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Sex and Sexuality in a Feminist World
Author: Katherine A. Hermes
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443804266
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Sex and sexuality are topics that have defined feminism since its inception. What has changed is that there is now a generation of feminists and scholars who are comfortable not only to write in their own disciplines but who incorporate feminist ideas in their research. This book assembles a variety of essays, most of which were written especially for this collection, that negotiate sex and sexuality in historical contexts as well as in contemporary times. There is a common ground of history and (popular) culture among the articles. While different theories of feminism operate in these essays, feminist lenses have allowed the reevaluation of familiar topics from early religious practices to medieval literature to current films and advertising. The authors represented in this collection range from established feminist and gender scholars to those who employ feminist theoretical frameworks in their respective disciplines.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443804266
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Sex and sexuality are topics that have defined feminism since its inception. What has changed is that there is now a generation of feminists and scholars who are comfortable not only to write in their own disciplines but who incorporate feminist ideas in their research. This book assembles a variety of essays, most of which were written especially for this collection, that negotiate sex and sexuality in historical contexts as well as in contemporary times. There is a common ground of history and (popular) culture among the articles. While different theories of feminism operate in these essays, feminist lenses have allowed the reevaluation of familiar topics from early religious practices to medieval literature to current films and advertising. The authors represented in this collection range from established feminist and gender scholars to those who employ feminist theoretical frameworks in their respective disciplines.