Title: The text of a Coptic monastic discourse, On Love and self-control : its story from the fourth Century to the twenty-First /
Authors: Schneider, Carolyn M., 1963-; Athanasius, -373.
Year: 2017
Subjects: Athanasius,; Athanasius,; On love and self-control.; Coptic monasticism and religious orders.; Love Religious aspects Christianity Early works to 1800; Self-control Religious aspects Christianity Early works to 1800.; Coptic monasticism and religious orders; Love Religious aspects Christianity; Self-control Religious aspects Christianity
Abstract: Of the Text -- The Language and Fourth-Century Date of the Text -- The Pachomian Koinonia: The Community to which On Love and Self-Control Was First Addressed -- The Pachomian Remission: An Annual Opportunity for a Discourse On Love and Self-Control -- A Potential Context for On Love and Self-Control in the Pachomian Conflicts following Pachomius's Death -- Pachomian Use of On Love and Self-Control in the Editing of Instruction concerning a Spiteful Monk -- The Dissolution of the Pachomian Community -- On Love and Self-Control and Its Codex (MONB. CP) -- The Provenance of the Manuscript of On Love and Self-Control -- The Creation of the Codex in the Late Sixth or Early Seventh Century -- Issues of Authorship -- Attribution to Athanasius -- Affinities between Athanasian Writings and On Love and Self-Control -- Reasons to Question an Athanasian Origin for On Love and Self-Control -- A Possible Origin for On Love and Self-Control among the Pachomians -- Horsiesios and On Love and Self-Control -- The Use of the Discourse On Love and Self-Control Beyond the Seventh Century -- Events Affecting the Church in Egypt from the Seventh to Tenth Centuries -- A Tenth-Century Reception of On Love and Self-Control by way of Instruction concerning a Spiteful Monk -- On Love and Self-Control in the Eleventh-Century Apocalypse of Samuel of Qalamun -- The Copying of On Love and Self-Control in the Eleventh or Twelfth Century -- The Dismemberment of the Codex in the Nineteenth Century and Its Current Reconstruction -- Conclusion.
Contents: The language and fourth-century date of the text -- The Pachomian koinonia: The community to which On Love and Self-Control was first addressed -- On Love and Self-Control and its codex (MONB. CP) -- Issues of authorship --The use of the discourse On Love and Self-Control beyond the seventh century -- The dismemberment of the codex in the nineteenth century and its current reconstruction -- On Love and Self-Control: A translation.