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Virgins of God : the making of asceticism in late antiquity
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- Susanna Elm
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- ACLS Humanities E-Book
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- English
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1994]
- ©1994
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 445 pages) : illustrations
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- 0198149204, 019815044X, 9780198149200, 9780198150442
- OCLC
- ocm34879313, on1058050593
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-429) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Scholarly Publishing Office, 2004. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Available to subscribing institutions.
- 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
Subjects
- 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.