From the Nile to the Rhone and beyond
Subtitle: studies in early monastic literature and Scriptural interpretation
By: Mark Sheridan
Series: Studia Anselmiana -- 156. -- Analecta monastica : -- 12; Studia Anselmiana -- 156.; Studia Anselmiana -- 12.
Publisher: Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Roma
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9783830675587
Subjects: Desert Fathers; Coptic monasticism and religious orders; Monasticism and religious orders; History; Criticism, interpretation; Early Christian literature; Coptic authors; History and criticism; History of doctrines; Bible
Other titles: Studies in early monastic literature and Scriptural interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: pt. I, From the Nile: The development of the interior life in certain early monastic writings in Egypt; title: "Steersman of the mind" : the Virgin Mary as ideal nun (an interpretation of Luke 1:29 by Rufus of Shotep); title: Coptic Christianity; title: The spiritual and intellectual world of early Egyptian monasticism; title: Early Christian biblical interpretation : a cause for embarrassment or a viable approach?; title: The influence of Origen on Coptic exegesis in the sixth century : the case of Rufus of Shotep; title: A homily on the death of the Virgin Mary attributed to Evodius of Rome; title: Review of: Quatre ermites égyptiens; title: The modern historiography of early Egyptian monasticism; title: The concept of the 'useful' as an exegetical tool in patristic exegesis; title: Origen's concept of Scripture : the basis of early Christian interpretation; title: Rhetorical structure in Coptic sermons; title: Mary in the early Coptic tradition; title: The role of monasticism in the Egyptian church; title: The encomium in Coptic literature of the late sixth century; title: The Bible as read by the Fathers of the Church.; title: pt. II, To the Rhone: Models and images of spiritual progress in the works of John Cassian; title: Jacob and Israel : a contribution to the history of an interpretation; title: The controversy over [apatheia] : Cassian's sources and his use of them; title: Job and Paul : philosophy and exegesis in Cassian's Sixth conference; title: "Digne deo" : a traditional Greek principle of interpretation in Latin dress; title: John Cassian and the formation of authoritative tradition; title: John Cassian; title: Mapping the intellectual genome of early Christian monasticism; title: "First movements" (propatheiai) in John Cassian; title: Monastic xeniteia; title: The concept "critical" : what would a critical history of theology be like?