Writing and communication in early Egyptian monasticism /
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As senders of letters, copyists of literary texts, compilers of accounts, readers, and teachers, the monks of late antique Egypt articulated their interactions with their ascetic and secular environments via their role as authors, scribes, and owners of written text. This volume edited by Malcolm Choat and Maria Chiara Giorda examines the presence and practice of writing, modes of written communication, and the symbolic and spiritual value of the written word in monastic communities. Contributions cover evidence from papyri and inscriptions to literature transmitted in manuscripts, positioned within the shift in recent scholarship away from literature such as hagiography as a source of positivistic history, towards evidence that derives more directly from the monk or period in focus.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004336506 :
2213-0039 ; :
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Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem on the life and the passion of Christ : a Coptic apocryphon /
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Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem's Coptic homily On the Life and the Passion of Christ is in fact a collection of apocryphal stories. Roelof van den Broek offers a critical edition of this text, with introduction, translation and notes. The text provides information about the worldly crafts of the apostles and Jesus' external appearance; it also contains a peculiar chronology of Holy Week (implying that Jesus was arrested on Tuesday evening) and a long story about Pilate's role in the trial of Jesus. The latter contains, int. al., letters by Pilate and Herod, discussions between Pilate and Jesus during a dinner they had together, and a description of the dreams of Pilate and his wife Procla and their explanation by Jesus.
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1 online resource (vi, 217 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and indexes. :
9789004241978 :
0920-623X ; :
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Koptische Kunst : Christentum am Nil.
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At head of title : Kunsthaus Zürich.
Catalog of an exhibition held Nov. 1963-Jan. 1964.
Based on the catalog (of an exhibition held at the Gemeinnütziger Verein Villa Hügel, Essen, May 3-Oct. 13, 1963) which was prepared by W. F. Volbach in collaboration with D. Renner and issued under title : Koptische Kunst ; Christentum am Nil.
"Ägypten im Römischen Reich, Nubien und Äthiopien ; eine Einführung in Geschichte und Kunst des Christentums am Nil," by K. Wessel : pages ix-xxvi. :
xxxvi, 628 pages : map, plates (14 color) ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references.