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Author Elm, Susanna.

Title Virgins of God : the making of asceticism in late antiquity / Susanna Elm.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  271.9 E48V    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 443 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Series Oxford classical monographs
Oxford classical monographs.
Contents 1. 'Virgins of God': Variations of Female Ascetic Life -- 2. Basil of Caesarea: The Classic Model -- 3. In the Background: Macrina and Naucratius -- 4. Homoiousian Asceticism -- 5. Parthenoi, Widows, Deaconesses: Continuing Variety -- 6. Symbiosis of Male and Female Ascetics and the Demise of the Homoiousian Model -- 7. Canons and Papyri -- 8. Desert Mothers and Wandering Virgins: The Apophthegmata Patrum -- 9. Pachomius and Shenoute: The other Classic Model -- 10. 'In the Desert and in the Countryside, in Towns or Villages': the Historia Lausiaca and the Historia Monachorum -- 11. Athanasius of Alexandria and Urban Asceticism.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages[387]-429 and index.
Subject Asceticism -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Turkey -- History.
Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Egypt -- History.
Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
Indexed Term Women Christianity Religious life History
ISBN 0198149204: £30.00
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