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The Canons of Our Fathers

Monastic Rules of Shenoute

  • Hardback
  • 384 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.8 x 23.4 x 3.1 cm

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This book is the first publication of a very early set of Christian monastic rules from Roman Egypt, accompanied by four preliminary chapters discussing their historical and social context and their character as rules. These rules were found quoted in the writings of the great Egyptian monastic leader Shenoute. Designed for a federation of monks and nuns who banded together about 360 CE-forming the so-called "White Monastery Federation"-the rules date back to the fourth and fifth centuries. New historical evidence is presented for the founding of the Federation. Providing almost the earliest evidence for Christian communal (cenobitic) monasticism, the rules depict many intimate aspects of ascetic practice. Details of monastic daily life are mentioned in passing in the rules, and the author uses these details to describe their picture of monastic life under five general topics: the monastery as a physical plant, the human makeup of the community, ascetic observances, the hierarchy of authority, and the daily liturgy. The book includes a clear English translation of the rules accompanied by the original Coptic text, amounting to five hundred and ninety-five entries.
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  • Author

    Bentley Layton

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    September 2014

  • Weight

    724g

  • Page Count

    384

  • Dimensions

    15.8 x 23.4 x 3.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199582631

  • ISBN-10

    0199582637

  • Eden Code

    4259832

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