Shenoute of Atripe and the uses of poverty : rural patronage, religious conflict and monasticism in late antique Egypt / Ariel G. López.

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López, Ariel G, 1977-

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TextSeries: Transformation of the classical heritage ; 50.Publication details: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0520954920
9780520954922

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

271.0092 23

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BR1720.S48 L67 2013

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Contents:

Introduction: "Rustic audacity" -- Loyal opposition -- A miraculous economy -- Rural patronage: holy and unholy -- The limits of intolerance -- Conclusion.

Summary: Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the most important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. The issues and concerns Shenoute grappled with on a daily basis, Ariel Lopez argues, were not local problems, unique to one small corner of the ancient world. Rather, they are crucial to interpreting late antiquity as a historical period-rural patronage, religious intolerance, the Christian care of the poo.

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Revised dissertation--Princeton University, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: "Rustic audacity" -- Loyal opposition -- A miraculous economy -- Rural patronage: holy and unholy -- The limits of intolerance -- Conclusion.

Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the most important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. The issues and concerns Shenoute grappled with on a daily basis, Ariel Lopez argues, were not local problems, unique to one small corner of the ancient world. Rather, they are crucial to interpreting late antiquity as a historical period-rural patronage, religious intolerance, the Christian care of the poo.

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