Bringing Home the Homeless: Landscape and History in Egyptian Hagiography
Bringing Home the Homeless: Landscape and History in Egyptian Hagiography
van der Vliet, Jacques
2006-01-01 00:00:00
<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This essay evaluates Egyptian hagiography as a historical source by defining its function in the construction of a Christian landscape. To this purpose, it discusses the Bohairic Martyrdom of Saint James the Persian, shifting attitudes towards the burial of monastic saints, Coptic stories about temple conversions, and contending Christian and Muslim traditions concerning the Holy Family in Egypt.</jats:p>
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Bringing Home the Homeless: Landscape and History in Egyptian Hagiography
<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This essay evaluates Egyptian hagiography as a historical source by defining its function in the construction of a Christian landscape. To this purpose, it discusses the Bohairic Martyrdom of Saint James the Persian, shifting attitudes towards the burial of monastic saints, Coptic stories about temple conversions, and contending Christian and Muslim traditions concerning the Holy Family in Egypt.</jats:p>
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Church History and Religious Culture (formerly Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis)
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