The monastic school of Gaza / / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony and Aryeh Kofsky.
This book studies one of the most striking chapters in the history of late antique monastic culture, provided by the monastic legacy of Gaza. A monastic intellectual community flourished in the region of Gaza from the fourth to the seventh century, producing a wealth of literary works. In this diver...
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Superior document: | Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 78 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2005. |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae,
v. 78 Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 78. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 p. ) |
Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary material
- INTRODUCTION
- THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF A MONASTIC CENTRE
- PETER THE IBERIAN AND THE ANTI-CHALCEDONIAN RESISTANCE IN PALESTINE
- PETER THE IBERIAN: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MOSES
- THE INVISIBLE HOLY MEN: BARSANUPHIUS AND JOHN
- COUNSELING THROUGH ENIGMAS
- THE USEFULNESS OF SIN
- THE NECESSITY OF PENITENCE, BEAR ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS (GAL. 6:2)
- SPIRITUAL EXERCISES: THE CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION OF THE MIND WITH GOD
- DAILY LIFE
- SOCIAL INTERACTION
- THE FATE OF THE ANTI-CHALCEDONIAN COMMUNITY
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS.