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Selected discourses of Shenoute the Great : community, theology, and social conflict in late Antique Egypt

Title
Selected discourses of Shenoute the Great : community, theology, and social conflict in late Antique Egypt / translated with introductions by David Brakke and Andrew Crislip.
Author
Shenute, Saint, approximately 348-466
Publication
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Additional Authors
  • Brakke, David
  • Crislip, Andrew T. (Andrew Todd)
Description
xi, 326 pages : maps, illustrations; 24 cm
Uniform Title
Works. Selections. English
Alternative Title
Works.
Subject
  • Shenute, Saint, approximately 348-466
  • Coptic Church > History
  • Coptic monasticism and religious orders > Egypt > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-304) and indexes.
Contents
Shenoute's life, times, and discourses -- Heretics and other enemies of the Church -- And it happened one day -- As I sat on a mountain -- I am amazed -- Shenoute as pastor and preacher -- I see your eagerness -- Some kinds of people sift dirt and whoever seeks God will find -- The idolatrous pagans, or and we will reveal something else -- And let us also reprove -- I answered -- And after a few days -- See how clearly revealed is the foolishness of pitiless people -- Truly when I think -- A priest will never cease -- When the word says -- The Christian's struggle with Satan -- In the night -- Because of you too, O Prince of Evil -- A beloved asked me years ago -- As we began to preach -- The conflict with Gesios -- Not because a fox barks -- Let our eyes (translated by Stephen Emmel) -- A26 -- God says through those who are His -- God is blessed.
Call Number
JFE 16-1785
ISBN
  • 9781107022560 (hardback)
  • 1107022568 (hardback)
  • 9781107606678 (pbk.)
  • 1107606675 (pbk.)
LCCN
2015020778
OCLC
910310228
Author
Shenute, Saint, approximately 348-466, author.
Title
Selected discourses of Shenoute the Great : community, theology, and social conflict in late Antique Egypt / translated with introductions by David Brakke and Andrew Crislip.
Publisher
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-304) and indexes.
Added Author
Brakke, David, translator, writer of added commentary.
Crislip, Andrew T. (Andrew Todd), translator, writer of added commentary.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-1785
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