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Lives of the Desert Fathers

Häftad, Engelska, 1981

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In the year 394 seven monks from Palestine made a difficult journey through the Egyptian desert, drawn there by stories of remarkable men. What they found in the communities living far up the Nile Valley fully accorded with their expectations, and in the account written by one of their number we have a rare contemporary source of information about the lives of these Desert Fathers.The witness of the monks in the face of a corrupt and declining, though nominally Christian Empire, and the roots of monasticism in fourth century Egypt, are subjects of steadily growing interest in the Church in the twentieth century. In her long and illuminating introduction Sister Benedicta Ward SLG explores the background of these traveller's tales and their encounters with the great men of the Desert, and places the account in its literary context alongside the complementary text of the 'Sayings' of the Fathers and the later, more sophisticated literature. She indicates throughout the social impact of the Fathers and the lasting truths discovered by these simple men in their way of holiness. This translation of the Historia Monachorum by Norman Russell is the first available in English, and will be of absorbing interest for the general reader as well as for students.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1981-04-01
Mått140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt369 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCistercian Studies Series
Antal sidor192
FörlagLiturgical Press
ISBN9780879079345
ÖversättareRussell, Norman

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CONTENTSABBREVIATIONS ixMAP OF THE JOURNEY INTO EGYPT xINTRODUCTION 1I The Historia Monachorum in Aegypto: Text and Sources 3II ‘Those by whom the world is kept in being’: the Social Aspects of the Text 12III The Monastic Patter in Egypt 20IV The Single Eye: the Ideals and Insights of Monastic Egypt 29V A Sense of Wonder: Miracles of the Desert 39THE LIVE OF THE DESERT FATHERS 47Prologue 49I John of Lycopolis 52II Or 63III Ammon 65IV Bes 66V Oxyrhynchus 67VI Theon 68VII Elias 69VIII Apollo 70IX Amoun 80X Copres 82Paternuthius 82XI Sourous 88XII Helle 90XIII Apelles 93John 93XIV Paphnutius 95XV Pityrion 99XVI Eulogius 100XVII Isidore 101XVIII Sarapioń 102XIX Apollonius 103XX Dioscorus 105Nitria 105XXI Macarius 108XXII Amoun 111XXIII Macarius of Alexandria 113XXIV Paul 114XXV Piammonas 116XXVI John 117Epilogue 118NOTES ON THE TEXT 121THE ADDITION OF RUFINUS 139THE SYRIAC VERSION 157BIBLIOGRAPHY 162CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 165INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES 167SUBJECT INDEX 174