Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism

Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Finding Children -- Chapter 1 Documenting the Undocumented: Children in the Earliest Egyptian Monasteries -- Chapter 2 The Langu...

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Main Author: Schroeder, Caroline T. (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations , 2020
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6360442
E-Book Packages:ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection
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Summary:Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Finding Children -- Chapter 1 Documenting the Undocumented: Children in the Earliest Egyptian Monasteries -- Chapter 2 The Language of Childhood -- Part II Representations -- Chapter 3 Homoeroticism, Children, and the Making of Monks -- Chapter 4 Child Sacrifice: From Familial Renunciation to Jephthah's Lost Daughter -- Chapter 5 Monastic Family Values: The Healing of Children -- Part III A Social History -- Chapter 6 Making New Monks: Children's Education, Discipline, and Ascetic Formation -- Chapter 7 Breaking Rules and Telling Tales: Daily Life for Monastic Children -- Chapter 8 The Ties That Bind: Emotional and Social Bonds between Parents and Children -- Conclusion: Monastic Genealogies -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Names and Subjects.
Early Christian asceticism emphasized renunciation of family, while Egyptian monks in late antiquity cared for children
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
ISBN:9781108922920

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