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Asceticism and society in crisis: John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern saints

Susan Ashbrook Harvey
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page ix)
  • Preface (page xi)
  • Map (page xvii)
  • Introduction: John's World (page 1)
  • I "There Holy Images": John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern Saints (page 28)
  • II "Let Your Light So Shine Before Men": The Ascetic Vision (page 43)
  • III Amida: The Measure of Madness (page 57)
  • IV Purpose and Places (page 76)
  • V Spirituality and Accountability: Consequences of the Ascetic Vow (page 94)
  • VI Some Implications: The Case of Women (page 108)
  • VII John of Ephesus: Ascerticism and Society (page 134)
  • Abbreviations (page 147)
  • Notes (page 151)
  • Bibliography (page 199)
  • Index (page 219)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
CW 84.5 (May - Jun. 1991): 404 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4350875
CH 61.3 (Sep. 1992): 395-396 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3168380
JRS 81 (1991): 239-241 http://www.jstor.org/stable/300552
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Published: c1990
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780520065239 (ebook)
  • 9780520065239 (hardcover)
Series
  • Transformation of the Classical Heritage
  • ACLS Fellows’ Publications
Subject
  • European: 400-1400
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