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

by James E. Goehring

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity

ISBN-10 3161522141

ISBN-13 9783161522147

Publisher Mohr Siebeck

Imprint Mohr Siebeck

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 14th, 2012

Print length 174 Pages

Weight 283 grams

Product Classification: Classical texts Church history Christian theology

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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.

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