Monastic Bodies: Discipline and Salvation in Shenoute of Atripe
ISBN: 9780812203387
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Pennsylvania Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter



An in-depth examination of the asceticism practiced at the White Monastery in Upper Egypt in the fifth century, using diverse sources, including monastic rules, theological treatises, sermons, letters, and material culture.


Caroline T. Schroeder teaches at the University of the Pacific.
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