Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World
Author | : Richard Damian Finn |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2009-07-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521862817 |
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Pagan asceticism: cultic and contemplative purity -- Asceticism in Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism -- Christian asceticism before Origen -- Origen and his ascetic legacy -- Cavemen, cenobites, and clerics.