Rufinus’ Latin translation3 of it, Historia monachorum in Aegypto, is the designa tion by which the Greek original is best known to readers today, and it is likewise. Around Rufinus composed his Historia monachorum in Aegypto, a Latin translation of Ἡ κατ’ Αἴγυπτον τῶν µοναχῶν ἱστορία (“Inquiry. Andrew Cain’s fifth book is the first monograph devoted solely to the anonymously written Historia monachorum in Aegypto [hereafter HMA].

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Studi dedicati alla memoria di Paolo Ubaldi Milan: Monastic Hagiography in the Late Fourth Century. Chapter 8 Characterization and the Unholy Other. Should this be undertaken by such well-read and thoughtful commentators as the present author, we have good reason tobe optimistic.

The Praktikos Chapters on Prayer Kalamazoo: The Conferences New York: The Greek Ascetic Corpus Oxford: Oxford University Press ; A. Ashgate ; R. Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. Cain could have strengthened his research for chapter 10, where he does not engage any of the classic or recent critical work on asceticism.
Though chapters 7 on the Egyptian monks as types of the prophets, apostles, and Christ9 on the world-sustaining activities of the monksand 10 on their ascetic practice are also hisotria, the last chapter presents the most creative piece. Clark Origenist Controversy Classical, Early, and Medieval Prose and Writers: To purchase, visit your preferred ebook provider.
Choose your country or region Close. See Evagrius Chapters on Prayer Don’t have an account? That alone places him, and this book, in rare agypto. Have an Access Token? Chapter 2 Provenance, Date, and Authorship. Wagner Rufinus the Translator. It is this last point, explored in-depth in chapter 11, that is the most interesting of the book.
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The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto
More In Septemberseven monks set out from their monastery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and began making their way to Egypt, where they would spend the next several months visiting an array of monastic celebrities, from the Thebaid in the south to the delta town of Diolcos in the north.
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Murphy Rufinus of Aquileia Ricordo di Maria Laetitia Coletti Alessandria: Oxford University Press ; R. Perhaps the largest gift Cain has given to scholars of late antiquity, Egyptian monasticism, hagiographical literature, and travelogues is a sense of the HMA as a text on its own terms.
Monastic Hagiography in the Late Fourth Century Andrew Cain Abstract In Septemberseven monks set out from their monastery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and began making their way to Egypt, where they would spend the next several months visiting an array of monastic celebrities, from the Thebaid in the south to the delta town of Diolcos in the north.
Cain, in places, can be repetitive. In this book, the first of its kind in any language, Cain incorporates insights from source criticism, stylistic and rhetorical analysis, literary criticism, and historical, geographical, and theological studies in an attempt to break new ground and revise current scholarly orthodoxy about a broad range of interpretive issues and problems.
Beck n. Cain remedies that in his erudite collection of related studies on the HMA. Kok 85 n. His research is excellent, his arguments well documented, and the theses of the eleven chapters will provide ample foundation for years of further scholarship. Classical, Early, and Medieval Poetry and Poets: Evagrius Chapters on Prayer 4.
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Cain’s book though is a wonderfully learned and informative study of this most engaging of ancient texts. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
Classical, Historiaa, and Medieval Plays and Playwrights: This novel argument fills out scholarly understanding of Evagrius and his influence. Passages under discussion are presented in their original Greek and Latin and are accompanied by a new English translation.

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