Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman world /

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Author / Creator:	Finn, R. D. (Richard Damian), 1963-
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 182 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Key themes in ancient history Key themes in ancient history.
Subject:	Origen. Origen. Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Ascetics -- Rome. Asceticism -- Early church. Ascetics. Rome (Empire) Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11826055

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ISBN:	9780511651229 0511651228 0521862817 9780521862813 9780521681544 0521681545 0511609876 9780511609879 9780521862813
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Asceticism deploys abstention, self-control, and self-denial, to order oneself or a community in relation to the divine. Both its practices and the cultural ideals they expressed were important to pagans, Jews, Christians of different kinds, and Manichees. Richard Finn presents for the first time a combined study of the major ascetic traditions, which have been previously misunderstood by being studied separately. He examines how people abstained from food, drink, sexual relations, sleep, and wealth; what they meant by their behaviour; and how they influenced others in the Graeco-Roman world. Against this background, the book charts the rise of monasticism in Egypt, Asia Minor, Syria, and North Africa, assessing the crucial role played by the third-century exegete, Origen, and asks why monasticism developed so variously in different regions.
Other form:	Print version: Finn, R.D. (Richard Damian), 1963- Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman world. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521862813

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