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

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1994

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Description xvii, 445 pages : illustrations ; 22 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 Analysis Women Christianity Religious life History Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-429) and index Subject Asceticism -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600 Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600 Virginity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Turkey -- History Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Egypt -- History Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Asceticism. Monasticism and religious orders for women. Women in Christianity. Women in Christianity -- Early church. Egypt. Turkey. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book Author American Council of Learned Societies. LC no. 93036710 ISBN 019815044X 9780198150442 0198149204 9780198149200

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