The canons of our fathers : monastic rules of Shenoute / Bentley Layton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layton, Bentley, author.

Layton, Bentley, author, translator.

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

Oxford Early Christian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shenute, Saint, approximately 348-466.

Shenute.

Coptic Church--History.

Coptic Church.

Coptic Church--Rules.

Coptic monasticism and religious orders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Canons of Our Fathers' is the first publication of a very early set of Christian monastic rules from Roman Egypt, accompanied by four preliminary chapters discussing their historical and social context and their character as rules. These rules were found quoted in the writings of the great Egyptian monastic leader Shenoute.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Tables and Illustrations""; ""Editorial Signs and Forms of Reference in Part 1""; ""Part 1 The Nature of the Rules""; ""Introduction""; ""A New Corpus of Monastic Rules""; ""“Eremitic� and “Cenobitic� Monasticism""; ""1. The Historical Context of the Rules""; ""Institutional Shape of the Federation""; ""Evidence for the Founding of the Federation: The Naples Fragment""; ""The Naples Fragment in English""; ""A Tentative Early History of the Federation""; ""APPENDIX 1: Who Is the Main Actor in the Naples Fragment?""

""APPENDIX 2: Historical Evidence for Pcol""""2. The Corpus of Monastic Rules""; ""The Nature of the Rules Corpus""; ""Rules and Rule Books""; ""Who Wrote the Rules?""; ""Form and Content of the Rules""; ""Language of the Rules""; ""Sanctions and the Rules""; ""3. Monastic Life As Seen in the Rules""; ""The Cenobium As a Physical Plant""; ""The Community""; ""Ascetic Observances""; ""The Hierarchy""; ""Liturgy""; ""Economy""; ""4. Monastic Experience and Monastic Rules""; ""The Experience of Conversion to Monastic Life""; ""Rules and the Acquisition of Monastic Identity""

""Maintenance of Monastic Identity""""Part 2 Corpus of Monastic Rules""; ""Abbreviations for Libraries and Museums Holding the Coptic Manuscripts""; ""Editorial Signs""; ""The Rules, Edited and Translated""; ""Concordance of Manuscript References and Rule Numbers""; ""Works Cited""; ""Subject Index to Part 1""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-174746-7

0-19-101922-4

OCLC:

891776200