The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis - Cultural Memory Reinterpreted

In The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis, Elizabeth Agaiby demonstrates how the redacted Life of Antony, the "Father of all monks and star of the wilderness", gained widespread acceptance within Egypt shortly after its composition in the 13th century and dominated Coptic liturgical texts on Antony for over 600 years - the influence of which is still felt up to the present day. By providing a first edition and translation, Agaiby demonstrates how the Arabic Life bears witness to the reinterpretation of the religious memory of Antony in the Coptic Orthodox Church.

About the author

Elizabeth Agaiby, Ph.D. (2017), Macquarie University and Göttingen University, lectures at St Athanasius College, University of Divinity Australia. She is currently leading a project to catalogue the collection of manuscripts at the Coptic Monastery of St Paul the Hermit, Egypt.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Agaiby
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2018
• EAN: 9789004383265
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38326-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Texts and Studies in Eastern C
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity