Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt: Akhmim and Sohag

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Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
1- Do Not Believe EveryWord Like the Fool
2- Sorne Aspects of Volume8 of Shenoute's Canons
3- Care for the Sick in Shenoute's Monasteries
4- Shenoute's Place in theHistory of Monasticism
5- Pachomius and the White Monastery
6- The Role of the FemaleEider in Shenoute's White Monastery
7- The Ancient Rules of Shenoute's Monastic Federation
8- The Fate of the White Monastery Library
9- The Coptic Lifeof Shenoute
10- Shenoute as reflected inthe Vita and the Difnar
11- The Relationship of St. Shenoute of Atripe with His Contemporary Patriarchs of Alexandria
12- Manichaeism& Gnosticism in the Panopolitan Region between Lykopolis and Nag Hammadi
13- Monks and Scholars inthe Panopolite Nome
14- Searching for Shenoute
15- Biblical Manuscripts of the Monastery of St. Shenoute the Archimandrite
16- Once More into the Desert of Apa Shenoute
17- Bohairic Liturgical Texts Related to St. Shenoute
18- Liturgy in the White Monastery
19- Akhmim as a Source of Textiles
20- Snapshots on the Sculptural Heritage of the White Monastery at Sohag
21- The Triconch Sanctuaries of Sohag
22- Two Witnesses of Christian Life in the Area of Balyana
23- Toward an Understanding of the 'Akhmim Style' lcons and Ciboria
24- Coptic Art during the Ottoman Period
25- The Red Monastery Conservation Project, 2006 and 2007 Campaigns
Abbreviations
Bibliography
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