Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity 9780520388802, 0520388801

Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity 9780520388826

In Those for Whom the Lamp Shines, Vince L. Bantu uses the rich body of anti-Chalcedonian literature to explore how the

159 40 3MB Read more

Shenoute and the Women of the White Monastery: Egyptian Monasticism in Late Antiquity 9780198029618, 0198029616

This book depicts the lives of female monks within a monastery located in upper Egypt in the period 385-464 CE. During t

139 108 66MB Read more

The Rise of Coptic: Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity 9780691201733

Coptic emerged as the written form of the Egyptian language in the third century, when Greek was still the official lang

171 108 24MB Read more

Ethnic Identity in Greek antiquity 9780521580175, 9780511090455, 9780521789998

140 14 56MB Read more

Life in an Egyptian village in late antiquity: Aphrodito before and after the Islamic conquest

970 88 19MB Read more

The Making of the Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity 9780198738862, 0198738862

This book presents how ancient Christianity must be understood from the viewpoint of the history of religions in late an

258 117 1MB Read more

The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China 9781503618114

In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China’s rude northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asi

189 125 77MB Read more

The Early Coptic Papacy: The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership in Late Antiquity (The Popes of Egypt) [Illustrated] 9789774168345, 9774168348

The Copts, adherents of the Egyptian Orthodox Church, today represent the largest Christian community in the Middle East

187 50 96MB Read more

Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity 9780192542663, 9780198813194

533 35 2MB Read more

Virgins of God: the making of asceticism in late antiquity 9780198149200, 9780191591631, 9780198150442

Many of the institutions fundamental to the role of men and women in today's society have their origins in late ant

112 23 97MB Read more