Pachomius (eBook)

The Making of a Community in Fourth-Century Egypt

Philip Rousseau (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
250 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-34169-2 (ISBN)

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Pachomius, who died in 346, has long been regarded as the "founder of monasticism." Available again, Philip Rousseau's careful reading of the available texts reveals that Pachomius's pioneering enterprise has been consistently misread in light of later monastic practices. Rousseau not only provides a fuller and more accurate portrait of this great teacher and spiritual director but also gives a new perspective on the development of monasticism. In a new preface Rousseau reviews the scholarly developments that have modified his views and emphases since the book was published. The result is to make Pachomius an even less assured pioneer, a man likely to have been more involved in the village and urban society of his time than previously thought.


Pachomius, who died in 346, has long been regarded as the "founder of monasticism." Available again, Philip Rousseau's careful reading of the available texts reveals that Pachomius's pioneering enterprise has been consistently misread in light of later mo

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Reihe/Serie: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: 4th century egypt • Ancient history • Asceticism • catholic traditions • Christianity • Christian monasticism • Eastern Orthodoxy • Egypt • egyptian history • founder of christian cenobitic monasticism • founder of monasticism • great teacher • Monasticism • monastic practices • monkhood • orthodox traditions • pachome • Pachomius • pakhomios • Religion • Religious History • religious way of life • Spirituality • spiritual leader • spiritual work • transformation of the classical heritage series
• ISBN-10: 0-520-34169-4 / 0520341694
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-34169-2 / 9780520341692