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Prophecy And Porneia In Shenoute's Letters: The Rhetoric Of Sexuality In A Late Antique Egyptian Monastery, Caroline T. Schroeder
Prophecy And Porneia In Shenoute's Letters: The Rhetoric Of Sexuality In A Late Antique Egyptian Monastery, Caroline T. Schroeder
College of the Pacific Faculty Articles
The writer examines the apparently ubiquitous sexual references in the first surviving letters of Shenoute. Shenoute's references to sexuality constitute one aspect of his self-representation as his community's prophet. His textual performance as a prophet in these texts indicates that his sexual rhetoric served not only to condemn sexual activity among ascetics but also to help construct a relationship between God and the monastic community that is based on the relationship between God and the people in the Christian Old Testament. The sins of the monastery, as understood by Shenoute, like those of Israel or the nations in the prophetic …
Borders And The Kingdom, Steven Ybarrola, Eunice Irwin
Borders And The Kingdom, Steven Ybarrola, Eunice Irwin
ATS Conferences
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The Impact Of Building A Leadership Team Of Laypersons Upon The Rockwood United Methodist Charge's Embracing And Fulfilling Of Its Charge-Wide Vision Statement, Randall W. Bain
ATS Dissertations
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