Writing and Communication in Early Egyptian Monasticism

The presence and practice of writing and modes of communication within late antique Egyptian monasticism is examined in a volume which addresses monks as letter writers, copyists, readers, and teachers, and the symbolic and spiritual value of the written word.

About the author

Maria Chiara Giorda, PhD (2007), is a research fellow at the Dipartimento di Studi Storici, University of Torino, and Assistant Professor in History of Christianity and History of Religions. She has published monographs and many articles on Egyptian monasticism.

Malcolm Choat, PhD (2000), is Associate Professor at the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University, Sydney, and has published extensively on monasticism and the papyrological evidence for early Christianity in Egypt, including Belief and Cult in Fourth Century Papyri (Brepols, 2006).

Contributors are: Malcolm Choat, Paul Dilley, Esther Garel, Maria Chiara Giorda, Lillian Larsen, Maria Nowak, Fabrizio Vecoli, Jacques van der Vliet, Jennifer Westerfeld, and Ewa Wipszycka.

Product details

• Assisted by: Malcolm Choat (Editor), Mariachiara Giorda (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2017
• EAN: 9789004254657
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25465-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 506 g
• Series: Texts and Studies in Eastern C
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity