The Word in the desert : scripture and the quest for holiness in early Christian monasticism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christie, Douglas E., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders--Egypt--History.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Monasticism and religious orders--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Egypt--Church history.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 294 pages)

Edition:

New Edition

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An investigation of the retreat to the desert and the growth of monasticism in 4th-century AD Egypt, which has been recognized as a significant movement of early Christianity. The text focuses on the ways in which the desert saints interpreted and appropriated the Scripture.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Author's Note; I: The Desert Hermeneutic in Its Setting; 1 Introduction: Toward a Desert Hermeneutic; 2 Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in Late Antiquity; 3 The Sayings of the Desert Fathers; II: Approaches to the Word in the Desert; 4 The Use of Scripture in the Desert; 5 Words and Praxis; III: The Word Realized; 6 Eschatology, Penthos, and the Struggle against Evil; 7 Renunciation, Freedom from Care, and the Recovery of Paradise; 8 The Humble Way of Christ; 9 The Commandment of Love; Epilogue

Appendix: Biblical Texts Cited in Cotelier's Greek Text and in Modern Translations of the Sayings; Selected Bibliography; Index of Biblical Citations; OLD TESTAMENT; NEW TESTAMENT; General Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-321) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-028206-1

0-19-774197-5

1-4294-0774-3

1-280-52688-2

0-19-535941-0

OCLC:

437173429