Cornelia B Horn

Asceticism and Christological Controversy in Fifth-Century Palestine

The Career of Peter the Iberian

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Produktbeschreibung

Cornelia Horn examines and reconstructs the anti-Chalcedonian movement in Palestine on the basis of one of its most important witnesses, the fifth-century Life of Peter the Iberian by John Rufus. She uses textual as well as archaeological data to reconstruct the history of Peter the Iberian and his significant role in the early anti-Chalcedonian Church as well as the development of theological ideas and their connection with Palestinian asceticism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 916g
• ISBN-13: 9780199277537
• ISBN-10: 0199277532
• Artikelnr.: 21873024

Autorenporträt

Cornelia Horn is Assistant Professor of Greek and Oriental Patristics, St Louis University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: The main sources and their authors: the relevant works of John
Rufus and Zachariah Rhetor
* 2: The life and career of Peter the Iberian
* 3: Asceticism as locus of authority: the case of Peter the Iberian
* 4: Weaving the crown of pilgrimage: the spiritual and polemical
dimensions of pilgrimage and the holy places from an
anti-Chalcedonian perspective
* 5: The sign of perfection: the anti-Chalcedonian ascetic as bearer of
the Cross
* Conclusions