عنوان

The Monastic Paradox:

شماره

LA129115

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Monastic Paradox:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Desert Ascetics as Founders, Fathers, and Benefactors in Early Christian Historiography

نام نخستين پديدآور

Andreas Westergren

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This is a study of three literary sources from the late fourth and early fifth centuries CE that depict the rise of monasticism, the anonymous History of the Monks of Egypt, the History of the Monks of Syria by Theodoret of Cyrrhus, and Sozomen's Church History. Although each of these texts conveys what Peter Brown has termed the "myth of the desert," i.e. a portrayal of monks as being part of another world, I argue that the same texts also reflect a "myth of the city," in which the monastic movement is depicted as a civic institution with regard to its foundation, regulation, and influence in the world. What these texts reflect is an attempt from the side of Christian authors to make sense of the multifaceted phenomenon that was monasticism, creating a conceptual space where different ascetic expressions come together as one, as 'monasticism' or as a desert city. This is a study of three literary sources from the late fourth and early fifth centuries CE that depict the rise of monasticism, the anonymous History of the Monks of Egypt, the History of the Monks of Syria by Theodoret of Cyrrhus, and Sozomen's Church History. Although each of these texts conveys what Peter Brown has termed the "myth of the desert," i.e. a portrayal of monks as being part of another world, I argue that the same texts also reflect a "myth of the city," in which the monastic movement is depicted as a civic institution with regard to its foundation, regulation, and influence in the world. What these texts reflect is an attempt from the side of Christian authors to make sense of the multifaceted phenomenon that was monasticism, creating a conceptual space where different ascetic expressions come together as one, as 'monasticism' or as a desert city.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

283-317

عنوان

Vigiliae Christianae

شماره جلد

72/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0720

اصطلاح موضوعی

civic identity

اصطلاح موضوعی

hagiography

اصطلاح موضوعی

Historia monachorum

اصطلاح موضوعی

historiography

اصطلاح موضوعی

institutionalization

اصطلاح موضوعی

late antiquity

اصطلاح موضوعی

monasticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Sozomen

اصطلاح موضوعی

Theodoret of Cyrrhus

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Andreas Westergren

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700720-12341358

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y