Asceticism, the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era Hunt, Hannah. creator text Electronic books. xx Farnham Ashgate Pub. 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (250 p.) This book explores religious anthropology and asceticism from its biblical and desert roots and within eastern patristic writers including Ephrem, Pseudo-Macarius and Climacus. Hunt examines the apparent paradox that Jesus' earthly existence and post resurrection appearances are experienced through consummately physical actions and attributes yet some ascetics within the Christian tradition appear to seek to deny the value of the human body, to find it deadening of spiritual life. Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Greek Insights into the Human Person; 3 Biblical Understandings of Flesh, Body and Soul; 4 Desert Teachings on the Body and Asceticism; 5 'Virgins of God': Manly Women and Transvestite Saints; 7 The Syrian Perspective on Asceticism; 8 Key Syrian Sources: Apocrypha and Anonymity; 9 Pseudo-Macarius, Messalianism and Synaesthesia; 10 'Clothed in the Body' as a Metaphor for Incarnation; 11 Heterodox Christologies and the Heresiarchs; 12 Orthodox Patristic Formulations; 13 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Biblical Terms. General Index. Asceticism History Early church, ca. 30-600 Human body Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 Theological anthropology Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 Religion Human body Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 Theological anthropology Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 Asceticism History Early church, ca. 30-600 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Sacred Sexuality BT741.3 .H86 2012 233 233.5 233.509 Hunt, Hannah Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, c2012 9781409409151 (electronic bk.) 1409409155 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=932417 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=460596 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=932417 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=460596 EBLCP 120611 20200709055538.0 ocn795120315 eng