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Virgins of God: the making of asceticism in late antiquity
Susanna Elm
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Frontmatter
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List of Maps (page xiv)
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Abbreviations (page xv)
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Introduction (page 1)
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PART I ASIA MINOR
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1. 'Virgins of God': Variations of Female Ascetic Life (page 25)
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2. Basil of Caesarea: The Classic Model (page 60)
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3. In the Background: Macrina and Naucratius (page 78)
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4. Homoiousian Asceticism (page 106)
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5. Parthenoi, Widows, Deaconesses: Continuing Variety (page 137)
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6. Symbiosis of Male and Female Ascetics and the Demise of the Homoiousian Model (page 184)
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PART II EGYPT
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7 Canons and Papyri (page 227)
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8. Desert Mothers and Wandering Virgins: The Apophthegmata Patrum (page 253)
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9. Pachomius and Shenoute: The other Classic Model (page 283)
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10. 'In the Desert and in the Countryside, in Towns or Villages': The Historia Lausiaca and the Historia Monachorum (page 311)
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11. Athanasius of Alexandria and Urban Asceticism (page 331)
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Conclusion (page 373)
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Select Bibliography (page 387)
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Index (page 431)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 101.2 (Apr. 1996): 460-461 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199604%29101%3A2%3C460%3A%22OGTMO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F |
JRS | 85 (1995): 344 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0075-4358%281995%2985%3C344%3AVOGTMO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A |
JECS | 4.4 (1996): 576-578 | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_early_christian_studies/v004/4.4br_elm.html |
BMCR | 95.04.07 (1995) | http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1995/95.04.07.html |
Citable Link
Published: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press
- 9780198149200 (hardcover)
- 9780191591631 (ebook)
- 9780198150442 (paper)