The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis: Cultural Memory Reinterpreted

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-38326-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity

In The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis, Elizabeth Agaiby demonstrates how the redacted Life of Antony, the “Father of all monks and star of the wilderness”, gained widespread acceptance within Egypt shortly after its composition in the 13th century and dominated Coptic liturgical texts on Antony for over 600 years – the influence of which is still felt up to the present day. By providing a first edition and translation, Agaiby demonstrates how the Arabic Life bears witness to the reinterpretation of the religious memory of Antony in the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agaiby, Elizabeth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholische Kirchen in Lateinamerika, Afrika, Indien und Asien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
A Note on Transliteration

Introduction

1 Antony the Great
Antony and the Red Sea Monasteries
An Overview of Antony in Coptic Liturgical Tradition
Appendix: Expositions on Antony

2 The Textual Traditions of the Life of Antony
Manuscripts Containing a Life of Antony in Arabic
Popularity of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life

3 Old Wine in a New Bottle
The Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony
Possible Dating of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life
Motive for “Rewriting” the Life of Antony
Style, Genre and Social Context
The Audience

4 Synopsis and Commentary
The Redactor of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony
The Redaction
Voices in the Text: Pseudo-Serapion
Synoptic Overview
Commentary on the Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony

5 The Life of Antony by Serapion the Bishop

6 A Codicological Description of MS St Paul (History) 53
Short Title Entry
Physical Description
Contents
Colophons
Endowment
Collation
Layout
Binding
Condition of the Manuscript
Observations

Postscript

Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth Agaiby, Ph.D. (2017), Macquarie University and Göttingen University, lectures at St Athanasius College, University of Divinity Australia. She is currently leading a project to catalogue the collection of manuscripts at the Coptic Monastery of St Paul the Hermit, Egypt.