Semeia 58: Discursive Formations, Ascetic Piety and the Interpretation of Early Christian Literature, Part II - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158983531X ISBN 13: 9781589835313

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature, 1992

Synopsis

From 1974 to 2002, the Society of Biblical Literature published "an experimental journal for biblical criticism", a scholarly collection of papers and monographs on selected topics. This edition, the 58th from 1992, prices the second part (of a two-part series) on discursive formations, ascetic piety, and the interpretation of early Christian literature. Included are monographs on translocation of parental images in fourth-century ascetic texts, diverse images of the APOTAKTIKOI(AI) of early Egyptian monasticism, "Monastic Anthropology, Demonology, and Asceticism", stories about Ethiopian Moses, the acts of the council of Saragossa, medical models in Manichaean asceticism, and contemporary prospects for the study of asceticism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 158983531X
• ISBN 13: 9781589835313
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 166
• Editor: Wimbush Professor Of New Testament And Christian Origins Union Theological Seminary Adjunct Professor Department Of Religion Vincent L