Athanasius' Life of Antony
Oxford University Press
978-0-19-893999-3 (ISBN)
The Life of Antony, by Athanasius of Alexandria, is widely considered one of the most important and influential of all early Christian writings. Its protagonist, as heroicized by Athanasius, is the legendary first desert monk of Egypt who trounces fearsome demons, performs astounding miracles, and defends the church's integrity by confounding pagan philosophers and adherents of the Arian heresy. In short, the Antony of the Life is the quintessential Christian holy man and the avatar of Athanasius' ascetic, theological, and ecclesiastical ideals.
With the Life, Athanasius invented an entirely new literary genre--monastic hagiography--which went on to become explosively popular for centuries to come. It is his most famous and most innovative writing, yet until now it has not received the kind of sustained, microtextual analysis that a proper commentary affords. This three volume set presents the first large-scale commentary, in any language, on this monumental Christian classic. Andrew Cain accesses an extensive array of ancient sources and takes a cross-disciplinary approach in comprehensively addressing stylistic, literary, historical, cultural, theological, text-critical, and other issues of interpretive interest. The voluminous introduction situates the Life in the broader context of Athanasius' episcopal career and probes the complexity of its literary architecture, its scintillating storytelling, and the nuances of its hagiographic construct of Antony. The introduction, commentary, and the accompanying critical Greek text and new English translation serve as an invaluable resource for future scholarly research on this key Athanasian writing.
Andrew Cain is Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A specialist in the Greek and Latin literature of Late Antiquity, he is the author of eight books (and co-editor of several multi-authored volumes) on a broad range of ancient authors and genres, from epistolography to monastic hagiography and the patristic biblical commentary. In addition to serving on numerous editorial boards, he is Editor Emeritus of the Journal of Late Antiquity.
Preface
References
Introduction
Athanasius and Antony
Authorship
Date of Composition
Intended Audience
Piety, Polemic, and Propaganda
Style and Rhetoric
Literary Pedigree and Genre
Literary Architecture and Narrative Strategies
The Greek Text
Translations of the Life of Antony
Text and Translation
Greek Text
Translation
Commentary
Pre-modern Citations
Index of Subjects and Names
Index of Greek Words
Index of Latin Words
Index of Coptic Words
Index of Ancient Sources
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.12.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Early Christian Texts |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 2621 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-893999-X / 019893999X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-893999-3 / 9780198939993 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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