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University of California Press
- Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty: Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt
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- 2013
- Published by: University of California Press
- Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
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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 poor and the local impact of the late Roman state. His little known writings provide us not only with a rare opportunity to see the life of a holy man as he himself saw it, but also with a privileged window into his world. Lopez brings Shenoute to prominence as witness of and participant in the major transformations of his time.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 1-9
- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- 1: Loyal Opposition
- pp. 19-45
- 2: A Miraculous Economy
- pp. 46-72
- 3: Rural Patronage: Holy and Unholy
- pp. 73-101
- 4: The Limits of Intolerance
- pp. 102-126
- Conclusion
- pp. 127-130
- Appendix B: The Sources
- pp. 135-138
- List of Abbreviations
- pp. 139-142
- Bibliography
- pp. 207-226
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520954922
Related ISBN(s)
9780520274839
MARC Record
OCLC
823040833
Pages
254
Launched on MUSE
2013-10-21
Language
English
Open Access
No