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Asceticism and anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement

By John Behr

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0198270003, 9780198270003
DOI
10.1093/acpr0f
LCC
BV5023 .B44 2000
Google Books ID
rnEgkOKhnmYC
Open Library ID
OL22770388M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1876621 bytes)
Pages
163\163
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

This book examines the late second century writings of Irenaeus and Clement. Writing before monasticism became the dominant paradigm of Christian asceticism, Irenaeus and Clement afford fascinating glimpses of alternative approaches to asceticism in late antiquity.

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