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  1. Cassian's conferences
    scriptural interpretation and the monastic ideal
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London ; New York

    Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781138249493
    RVK Categories: BO 2817
    Series: Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies
    Subjects: Bible / Criticism, interpretation, etc / History / Early church, ca. 30-600; Monastic and religious life / History of doctrines / Early church, ca. 30-600; Bibel; Geschichte; Monastic and religious life; Biblische Person; Hermeneutik; Idealtypus; Ideal; Mönchtum
    Other subjects: Cassian, John / approximately 360-approximately 435 / Collationes patrum XXIV.; Cassian, John / approximately 360-approximately 435; Cassian, John (ca. 360-ca. 435): Collationes patrum XXIV; Cassianus, Johannes (360-435): Conlationes patrum
    Scope: xi, 134 Seiten, 24 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index

    Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Cassian and the Conferences; 2 Martha and Mary: Distraction and Discretion; 3 Job: The Ambidextrous Hero; 5 Prophets, Psalms, and Proverbs: The Continuity of Experience; Afterword: Transformative Knowledge and Experiential Transmission; Appendix: Cassian's Preface to the First Part; Select Bibliography; Index

    This book explores Cassian's use of scripture in the 'Conferences', especially its biblical models to convey his understanding of the desert ideal to the monastic communities of Gaul. This book demonstrates how the scriptures functioned as a dynamic force in the lives of Christian, emphasizes the importance of Cassian in the development of the western monastic tradition, and offers an alternative to the sometimes problematic descriptions of patristic exegesis as "allegory" or "typology."