Pachomius: The Making of a Community in Fourth-Century Egypt: 6 - Brossura

Rousseau, Philip

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0520219597 ISBN 13: 9780520219595

Casa editrice: University of California Press, 1999

Riassunto

Pachomius, who died in 346, has long been regarded as the "founder of monasticism." Available again, Philip Rousseau's careful reading of the available texts reveals that Pachomius's pioneering enterprise has been consistently misread in light of later monastic practices. Rousseau not only provides a fuller and more accurate portrait of this great teacher and spiritual director but also gives a new perspective on the development of monasticism. In a new preface Rousseau reviews the scholarly developments that have modified his views and emphases since the book was published. The result is to make Pachomius an even less assured pioneer, a man likely to have been more involved in the village and urban society of his time than previously thought.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Philip Rousseau is Associate Professor of History at the University of Auckland. He is the author of Basil of Caesarea (California, 1995).

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Book by Rousseau Philip

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of California Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0520219597
• ISBN 13: 9780520219595
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 254