Shenoute of Atripe and the uses of poverty [electronic resource] : rural patronage, religious conflict and monasticism in late antique Egypt / Ariel G. López.

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López, Ariel G, 1977-

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Project Muse

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature | Transformation of the classical heritage ; 50Publication details: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xi, 237 p. :) ill., mapsISBN:

9780520954922

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Electronic books.

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271.0092 23

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BR1720.S48 L67 2013

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Contents:

Introduction: "Rustic audacity" -- Loyal opposition -- A miraculous economy -- Rural patronage: holy and unholy -- The limits of intolerance -- Conclusion.

Summary: 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.

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Revised dissertation--Princeton University, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: "Rustic audacity" -- Loyal opposition -- A miraculous economy -- Rural patronage: holy and unholy -- The limits of intolerance -- Conclusion.

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.

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