Title Monastic education in late antiquity : the transformation of classical paideia / edited by Lillian Larsen, Samuel Rubenson

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (x, 399 pages) : illustrations Contents Early monasticism and the concept of a "school" / Samuel Rubenson -- Translating paideia : education in the Greek and Latin versions of the Life of Anthony / Peter Gemeinhardt -- The role of education in the church histories of Socrates and Sozomen / Andreas Westergren -- The educational and cultural background of Egyptian monks / Roger Bagnall -- 'Excavating the excavations' of early monastic education / Lillian Larsen -- Homer and Menandri Sententiae in upper Egyptian monastic settings / Anastasia Maravela -- The school of Didymus the Blind in the light of the Tura find / Blossom Stefaniw -- Affecting rhetoric : the adoption of Ethopoeia in Evagrius of Pontus' ascetic program / Ellen Muehlberger -- Classical education in sixth century Coptic monasticism : the example of Rufus of Shotep / Mark Sheridan -- The virtue of being uneducated : attitudes towards classical paideia in early monasticism and ancient philosophy / Henrik Rydell Johnsen -- Plato between school and cell : biography and competition in the fifth-century philosophical field / Arthur Urbano -- Pythagorean traditions in early Christian asceticism / Daniele Pevarello -- Textual fluidity and authorial revisions of early Christian texts. The case of the Historia Lausiaca / Britt Dahlman -- Production, distribution, and ownership of books in the monasteries of Upper Egypt : the evidence of the Nag Hammadi colophons / Hugo Lundhaug, Lance Jenott -- Greek thought, Arabic culture : approaching the Arabic recensions of the Apophthegmata Patrum / Jason Zaborowski Summary "In the process of the Christianization of the Roman Empire and the transformation of Graeco-Roman classical culture into established Christian tradition, this volume considers the rise of monasticism as one of the most significant developments. As institutionalized monasticism emerged in the fourth century and manifested itself in a variety of forms over the next hundred years, the burgeoning movement increasingly engaged the attention of both emperors and bishops. By the sixth century, monasteries, and their leaders, were important actors in imperial, state and local politics. Within the Christian community itself, monasteries rapidly became centers for the transmission and transformation of culture and literature - a role they gradually lost in the West in the medieval period, and in the East, only in the last century"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Electronic resource Subject Monasticism and religious orders -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Monasticism and religious orders -- Education -- History RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations. Monasticism and religious orders -- Early church Monasticism and religious orders -- Education Bildung Mönchtum Orden Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Larsen, Lillian, 1963- editor. Rubenson, Samuel, editor ISBN 9781108173667 9781108163842 1108173667 110816384X 9781107194953 1107194954 9781316646588 1316646580 1108168841 9781108168847

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