Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism

Schroeder, Caroline T.

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“…The number of followers being gained by Khosroyev's work prompted Hugo Lundhaug and Lance Jenott to reformulate the monastic-origin hypothesis. 19 In their study The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices, Lundhaug and Jenott present the has been repeated by Logan, The Gnostics; Wipszycka, 'The Nag Hammadi Library and the Monks'; Nicola Denzey Lewis, Introduction to 'Gnosticism': Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), 8-9. Nevertheless, Emmel has of late been more inclined to support a monastic reading.…”

Section: The Monastic-origin Hypothesis and The Contribution Of The P...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…18 Lundhaug and Jenott, Monastic Origins. 19 Part of this section is based on my Swedish review of Lundhaug and Jenott's book, published in Patristica Nordica Annuaria 31 (2016): 143-147.…”

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“…18 The first time we encounter the term Gnosticism, it is used in this way, to critique Catholicism for importing unnecessary foreign elements into a once pure phenomenon. 19 Yet the essentialising nature of Protestant theologians' search for the uniqueness of Christian origins was matched by the equally problematic Gnostics solved by rejecting the evil creator god, the Demiurge/Jehova. See Hans Jonas, Gnosis und spätantiker Geist, vols.…”

Section: Religious Change In Antiquity: Christian and Gnostic Textsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A codex would have enabled readers to flip between Paul's letters at leisure, comparing the different content and more easily accessing the particular topic of interest. [19][20][21][22]. 47 Other reasons have also been suggested.…”

Section: Studies In Early Christian Book Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Nag Hammadi Codices and their Ancient Readers

Linjamaa

2023

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Since their discovery in 1945, the Nag Hammadi Codices have generated questions and scholarly debate as to their date and function. Paul Linjamaa contributes to the discussion by offering insights into previously uncharted aspects pertinent to the materiality of the manuscripts. He explores the practical implementation of the texts in their ancient setting through analyses of codicological aspects, paratextual elements, and scribal features. Linjamaa's research supports the hypothesis that the Nag Hammadi texts had their origins in Pachomian monasticism. He shows how Pachomian monks used the texts for textual edification, spiritual development and pedagogical practices. He also demonstrates that the texts were used for perfecting scribal and editorial practice, and that they were used as protective artefacts containing sacred symbols in the continuous monastic warfare against evil spirits. Linjamaa's application of new material methods provides clues to the origins and use of ancient texts, and challenges preconceptions about ancient orthodoxy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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“…18 Lundhaug and Jenott, Monastic Origins. 19 Part of this section is based on my Swedish review of Lundhaug and Jenott's book, published in Patristica Nordica Annuaria 31 (2016): 143-147.…”

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The Nag Hammadi Codices and their Ancient Readers

Linjamaa

2023

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“…Egypt owns a huge fortune of sacred, religious, cultural, and natural sites that have special spiritual significance for millions of persons, tourists and travelers all over the world. Egypt is a rich country with its cultural history and heritage which include Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, Jewish and Islamic heritage sites that spread all over the country (Grainger & Gilbert, 2008;Osman, 2018;Robinson et al, 2020 (Krause, 2009;Gabra et al, 2013;Freeman, 2014;Schroeder, 2020). Regarding Jewish heritage sites they include the Sha"ar Hashamayim Synagogue, the Ben Ezra Synagogue, the Synagogue of the Karaite Community, the Grand Synagogue of Eliyaho Hanabi and Menasce Temple (Reif, 2013;Abdelhamid, 2020;Robinson et al, 2020), and finally Islamic heritage sites that varies between mosques, citadels, schools, and houses some of these marvelous sites can be mentioned, such as Cairo Citadel, Qaitbay Citadel, Abu Al-Abbas Al-Mursi Mosque, Aqmar Mosque, Al-Hakim Mosque, Abu Haggag Mosque, Qalawun Complex, Al-Hussein Mosque, Ibn Tulun Mosque, Sultan Hassan Mosque, Sinnari House, Al Sehemy House …etc.…”

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Towards Sustainable Spiritual Tourism at the Egyptian Heritage Sites: Applied To the Red Sea Monasteries

El-Kafy

Seddik

2020

International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management

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People all over the world are facing many problems, challenges and pressures. Therefore, they need to take spiritual vacations because this helps them to think better, make the right decisions and gain inner peace, happiness, and relaxation. Spiritual tourism can be regarded as a broad, general and comprehensive term compared to religious tourism. Spiritual tourism is not related to a particular religion. It aims to connect body, mind, and spirit together, provide clear purpose and meaning to life, enhance interpersonal relationships and obtain inspiration, entertainment, and learning. Spiritual tourism can be an important tool for cultural exchange; dialogue; mutual understanding; tolerance; respect for local traditions, spiritual values, cultural heritage; acceptance of others and responsible use of natural resources and cultural assets which is considered the basic pillars of sustainability. The aim of the research is to investigate spiritual tourists' behavior and to explore sustainable spiritual tourism in Egypt: Applied to the Red Sea monasteries in Egypt (The Monastery of St. Anthony and the Monastery of St. Paul) as spiritual tourism sites. In this context, a mixed methodology has been implemented, which includes distributing a questionnaire forms to tourists, in addition to conducting semi-structured interviews with ten experts in tourism and heritage. The results revealed that, spiritual tourism in Egypt has not been adequately marketed; the internet and social media are among the best ways to promote spiritual tourism in Egypt; and spiritual tourism can be a very useful tool in achieving sustainability.

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Theory, History, and the Study of Religion in Late Antiquity

Kotrosits

2023

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Theory is not a set of texts, it is a style of approach. It is to engage in the act of speculation: gestures of abstraction that re-imagine and dramatize the crises of living. This Element is a both a primer for understanding some of the more predominant strands of critical theory in the study of religion in late antiquity, and a history of speculative leaps in the field. It is a history of dilemmas that the field has tried to work out again and again - questions about subjectivity, the body, agency, violence, and power. This Element additionally presses us on the ethical stakes of our uses of theory, and asks how the field's interests in theory help us understand what's going on, half-spoken, in the disciplinary unconscious.

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Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism

Cited by 8 publications

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The Nag Hammadi Codices and their Ancient Readers

The Nag Hammadi Codices and their Ancient Readers

Towards Sustainable Spiritual Tourism at the Egyptian Heritage Sites: Applied To the Red Sea Monasteries

Theory, History, and the Study of Religion in Late Antiquity

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