Based on a close rereading of material and textual remains, this volume challenges the interpretation of early Christian monasticism as a movement of anti-intellectual rustics. The various chapters explore how teaching was rooted in classical rhetoric, and examine practices that align with philosophical models of ancient education.
Based on a close rereading of material and textual remains, this volume challenges the interpretation of early Christian monasticism as a movement of anti-intellectual rustics. The various chapters explore how teaching was rooted in classical rhetoric, and examine practices that align with philosophical models of ancient education.
Part I. The Language of Education: 1. Early monasticism and the concept of a 'School' Samuel Rubenson; 2. Translating paideia: education in the Greek and Latin versions of the Life of Anthony Peter Gemeinhardt; 3. Paideia, piety and power: Emperors and Monks in Socrates' Church History Andreas Westergren; Part II. Elementary Education and Literacy: 4. The Educational and Cultural Background of Egyptian Monks Roger Bagnall; 5. 'Excavating the Excavations' of early monastic education Lillian I. Larsen; 6. Homer and Menandri Sententiae in Upper Egyptian monastic settings Anastasia Maravela; Part III. Grammar and Rhetoric: 7. The school of Didymus the blind in the light of the Tura find Blossom Stefaniw; 8. Affecting rhetoric: the adoption of Ethopoeia in Evagrius of Pontus' ascetic program Ellen Muehlberger; 9. Classical education in sixth century Coptic monasticism: the example of Rufus of Shotep Mark Sheridan; Part IV. Philosophy: 10. The virtue of being uneducated: attitudes towards classical paideia in early monasticism and ancient philosophy Henrik Rydell Johnsén; 11. Plato between school and cell: biography and competition in the fifth-century philosophical field Arthur Urbano; 12. Pythagorean traditions in Early Christian asceticism Daniele Pevarello; Part V. Manuscript and Literary Production: 13. Textual fluidity and authorial revision: the case of Cassian and Palladius Britt Dahlman; 14. Production, distribution, and ownership of books in the monasteries of Upper Egypt: the evidence of the Nag Hammadi Colophons Hugo Lundhaug and Lance Jenott; 15. Greek thought, Arabic culture: approaching the Arabic recensions of the Apophthegmata Patrum Jason Zaborowski.
Part I. The Language of Education: 1. Early monasticism and the concept of a 'School' Samuel Rubenson; 2. Translating paideia: education in the Greek and Latin versions of the Life of Anthony Peter Gemeinhardt; 3. Paideia, piety and power: Emperors and Monks in Socrates' Church History Andreas Westergren; Part II. Elementary Education and Literacy: 4. The Educational and Cultural Background of Egyptian Monks Roger Bagnall; 5. 'Excavating the Excavations' of early monastic education Lillian I. Larsen; 6. Homer and Menandri Sententiae in Upper Egyptian monastic settings Anastasia Maravela; Part III. Grammar and Rhetoric: 7. The school of Didymus the blind in the light of the Tura find Blossom Stefaniw; 8. Affecting rhetoric: the adoption of Ethopoeia in Evagrius of Pontus' ascetic program Ellen Muehlberger; 9. Classical education in sixth century Coptic monasticism: the example of Rufus of Shotep Mark Sheridan; Part IV. Philosophy: 10. The virtue of being uneducated: attitudes towards classical paideia in early monasticism and ancient philosophy Henrik Rydell Johnsén; 11. Plato between school and cell: biography and competition in the fifth-century philosophical field Arthur Urbano; 12. Pythagorean traditions in Early Christian asceticism Daniele Pevarello; Part V. Manuscript and Literary Production: 13. Textual fluidity and authorial revision: the case of Cassian and Palladius Britt Dahlman; 14. Production, distribution, and ownership of books in the monasteries of Upper Egypt: the evidence of the Nag Hammadi Colophons Hugo Lundhaug and Lance Jenott; 15. Greek thought, Arabic culture: approaching the Arabic recensions of the Apophthegmata Patrum Jason Zaborowski.
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