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Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty - Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt (Hardcover)
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Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty - Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt (Hardcover)
Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage, 50
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Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the
poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book
studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the most
important literary source for the study of society, economy and
religion in late antique Egypt. The issues and concerns Shenoute
grappled with on a daily basis, Ariel Lopez argues, were not local
problems, unique to one small corner of the ancient world. Rather,
they are crucial to interpreting late antiquity as a historical
period - rural patronage, religious intolerance, the Christian care
of the poor and the local impact of the late Roman state. His
little known writings provide us not only with a rare opportunity
to see the life of a holy man as he himself saw it, but also with a
privileged window into his world. Lopez brings Shenoute to
prominence as witness of and participant in the major
transformations of his time.
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