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Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman world [electronic resource] / Richard Finn.

By: Series: Key themes in ancient historyPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 182 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780511651229 (electronic bk.)
  • 0511651228 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman world.DDC classification:
  • 204/.470937 22
LOC classification:
  • BV5023 .F56 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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