Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great: Community, Theology, and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt

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List of maps page ix List of figures x Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Shenoute’s life, times, and Discourses 1 part i heretics and other enemies of the church 27 1 And it happened one day 35 2 As I sat on a mountain 39 3 I am amazed 54 part ii shenoute as pastor and preacher 83 4 I see your eagerness 91 5 Some kinds of people sift dirt and Whoever seeks God will find 106 6 The idolatrous pagans, or, And we will also reveal something else 118 7 And let us also reprove 125 8 I answered 127 9 And after a few days 130 10 See how clearly revealed is the foolishness of pitiless people 132 11 Truly when I think 134 12 A priest will never cease 137 13 When the word says 146 part iii the christian’s struggle with satan 157 14 In the night 163 15 Because of you too, O prince of evil 166 16 A beloved asked me years ago 174 17 As we began to preach 183 part iv the conflict with gesios 193 18 Not because a fox barks 201 19 Let our eyes (translated by Stephen Emmel) 206 20 A26 212 21 God says through those who are his 266 22 God is blessed 278 Bibliography 298 Index of names 305 Index of subjects 308 Index of biblical passages 314