Dreams, Virtue and Divine Knowledge in Early Christian Egypt

Author:   Bronwen Neil (Macquarie University, Sydney) ,  Doru Costache ,  Kevin Wagner
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   222
Publication Date:   25 April 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Bronwen Neil (Macquarie University, Sydney) ,  Doru Costache ,  Kevin Wagner
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781108481182


ISBN 10:   1108481183
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   25 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

1. An introduction to Greco-Roman traditions on dreams and virtue Bronwen Neil; 2. The development of an Alexandrian tradition Bronwen Neil; 3. Sleep, dreams and soul-travel: Athanasius within the tradition Doru Costache; 4. Synesius of Cyrene and Neoplatonic dream theory Kevin Wagner; 5. Expanding beyond the Egyptian ascetic tradition Bronwen Neil.

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'This volume is based on meticulous research in the primary Christian, Jewish, and classical traditions and on deep engagement with the secondary sources ... Recommended.' M. M. Hawkins, Choice 'This volume is based on meticulous research in the primary Christian, Jewish, and classical traditions and on deep engagement with the secondary sources ... Recommended.' M. M. Hawkins, Choice


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Bronwen Neil is Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University, Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University and Research Fellow of the University of South Africa. She is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor (2015), Collecting Early Christian Letters (Cambridge, 2015) and A Companion to Gregory the Great (2013). Doru Costache is Senior Lecturer in Patristic Studies at St Cyril's Coptic Orthodox Theological College in Sydney and Honorary Associate of Department of Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney. He is co-author of Știință și Teologie: Preliminarii pentru Dialog (2001) and co-editor of Well-Being, Personal Wholeness and the Social Fabric (2017). Kevin Wagnew is Lecturer in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. He has been the principal convenor of the Theology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium series of conferences and is the lead editor of the accompanying book series.

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