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Politics, Monasticism, and Miracles in Sixth Century Upper Egypt: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Coptic Texts on Abraham of Farshut

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 23.5 x 15.7 x 0.9 cm

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This volume contains a critical edition and translation of the Coptic texts on Abraham of Farshut, the last Coptic orthodox archimandrite of the Pachomian federation in Upper Egypt. While past studies have focused on the origins and early years of this, the first communal monastic movement, James E. Goehring turns to its final days and ultimate demise in the sixth century reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. He examines the literary nature of the texts, their role in the making of a saint, and the historical events that they reveal. Miracle stories and tendentious accounts give way to the reconstruction of internal debates over the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon, political intrigue, and the eventual reordering of the communal monastic movement in Upper Egypt.
Politics, Monasticism, and Miracles in Sixth Century Upper Egypt: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Coptic Texts on Abraham of Farshut and The World of Early Egyptian Christianity
The World of Early Egyptian ChristianityPolitics, Monasticism, and Miracles in Sixth Century Upper Egypt: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Coptic Texts on Abraham of Farshut
  • Author

    James E. Goehring

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    December 2012

  • Weight

    283g

  • Dimensions

    23.5 x 15.7 x 0.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161522147

  • ISBN-10

    3161522141

  • Eden Code

    4930645

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