Riot in Alexandria : tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities /

Riot in Alexandria : tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities /

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Main Author: Watts, Edward Jay, 1975- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Series: Transformation of the classical heritage ; 46.

Subjects:

Alexandrian school, Christian.
Christian communities > Egypt > Alexandria > History.
Education, Ancient > Egypt > Alexandria.
Riots > Egypt > Alexandria > History.
Paganism > Egypt > Alexandria > History.
Alexandria (Egypt) > Intellectual life.
Alexandria (Egypt) > Church history.

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Call Number: DT154 .A4 W38 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • The anatomy of a riot
  • Personal legacy and scholastic identity
  • Past, present, and future in late Neoplatonic historical discourse
  • History and the shape of monastic communities
  • Anti-Chalcedonian ascetics and their student associates
  • Creating the legend of the Alexandrian bishop
  • Theophilus and Cyril : the Alexandrian bishop triumphant
  • Peter Mongus struggles with the past.