Ascetic behavior in Greco-Roman antiquity : a sourcebook

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Ascetic behavior in Greco-Roman antiquity : a sourcebook

Vincent L. Wimbush, editor

(Studies in antiquity and Christianity)

Fortress Press, c1990

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Translations from Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Coptic, and Syriac

Includes bibliographical references (p. 484-487) and indexes

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In presenting a selection of twenty-eight texts in translation with introductory essays, Vincent L. Wimbush and his co-authors have produced the first book on asceticism that does full justice to the varieties of ascetic behavior in the Greco-Roman world. The texts, representative of different religious cults, philosophical schools, and geographical locations, are organized by literary genre into five parts that give a fascinating overview of the ascetic tradition.

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