Shenoute of Atripe and the Rise of Monastic Education in Egypt / Julien Delhez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delhez, Julien, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coptic Christian saints--Biography.

Coptic Christian saints.

Shenute, Saint, approximately 348-466.

Shenute.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Academica Press, [2023]

Summary:

Shenoute of Atripe and the Rise of Monastic Education in Egypt addresses the monastic teachings of Shenoute of Atripe, an Egyptian author and monastic leader of the fourth and fifth centuries CE, as well as the literary and cultural context of his teachings. The first chapter introduces Shenoute and explores the chronology of his life. Considering both known elements and new hints, it offers a new chronology that challenges the traditionally accepted reconstruction, especially with regard to the date of Shenoute's death. The second chapter focuses on Shenoute's educational background, particularly the hypothesis that Shenoute received a classical Greek education before becoming a monk. The last three chapters offer an analysis of the education offered by Shenoute, by his monastic predecessors in Egypt, and by Shenoute's successor Besa.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

List of abbreviations

Chapter 1. Shenoute: Knowns and Unknowns

1.1. Late Antique Egypt and the rise of Christian monasticism

1.2. The White Monastery

1.3. Shenoute’s works

1.4. Sources on Shenoute

1.5. Scholarly research on Shenoute

1.6. Shenoute’s chronology

Chapter 2. Shenoute’s Educational Background

2.1. Scholars’ statements on Shenoute’s education

2.2. The Greek hypothesis, part I: Classical education (paideia) in Late Antique Egypt

2.3. The Greek hypothesis, part II: paideia and Greek literature in Late Antique Panopolis

2.4. The Greek hypothesis, part III: Potential hints in Shenoute’s works

2.5. Shenoute’s views on classical education

2.6. Conclusion on the Greek hypothesis

2.7. The Egyptian hypothesis

2.8. The monastic hypothesis, part I: Monastic education in 4th-century Egypt

2.9. The monastic hypothesis, part II: Literary culture in the White Monastery

2.10. Conclusion on the monastic hypothesis

2.11. Shenoute’s life chronology: A new ‘big picture’

2.12. The way forward

Chapter 3. Education in the Works of Egyptian Monastic Authors before Shenoute

3.1. The corpus

3.2. Method 1: analysis of quotations from biblical wisdom books Generated by AI.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781680534672

168053467X

OCLC:

1458763462