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The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis
Cultural Memory Reinterpreted
Series: - Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity, Volume: 14
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In The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis, Elizabeth Agaiby demonstrates how the redacted Life of Antony, the âFather of all monks and star of the wildernessâ, gained widespread acceptance within Egypt shortly after its composition in the 13th century and dominated Coptic liturgical texts on Antony for over 600 years â 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.
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.
Acknowledgements Figures and Tables Abbreviations A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1 Antony the Great âAntony and the Red Sea Monasteries âAn Overview of Antony in Coptic Liturgical Tradition âAppendix: Expositions on Antony
2 The Textual Traditions of the Life of Antony âManuscripts Containing a Life of Antony in Arabic âPopularity of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life
3 Old Wine in a New Bottle âThe Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony âPossible Dating of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life âMotive for âRewritingâ the Life of Antony âStyle, Genre and Social Context âThe Audience
4 Synopsis and Commentary âThe Redactor of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony âThe Redaction âVoices in the Text: Pseudo-Serapion âSynoptic Overview âCommentary 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 âShort Title Entry âPhysical Description âContents âColophons âEndowment âCollation âLayout âBinding âCondition of the Manuscript âObservations
Postscript
Works Cited Index
Introduction
1 Antony the Great âAntony and the Red Sea Monasteries âAn Overview of Antony in Coptic Liturgical Tradition âAppendix: Expositions on Antony
2 The Textual Traditions of the Life of Antony âManuscripts Containing a Life of Antony in Arabic âPopularity of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life
3 Old Wine in a New Bottle âThe Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony âPossible Dating of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life âMotive for âRewritingâ the Life of Antony âStyle, Genre and Social Context âThe Audience
4 Synopsis and Commentary âThe Redactor of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony âThe Redaction âVoices in the Text: Pseudo-Serapion âSynoptic Overview âCommentary 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 âShort Title Entry âPhysical Description âContents âColophons âEndowment âCollation âLayout âBinding âCondition of the Manuscript âObservations
Postscript
Works Cited Index
A valuable resource in academic libraries for specialists and students of patristics, Early Christianity, Arabic-Christian Studies. Relevant to educated clergy and laypeople with an interest in Eastern Christian monasticism.