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Cassian's Conferences: Scriptural Interpretation and the Monastic Ideal

Cassian's Conferences: Scriptural Interpretation and the Monastic Ideal

Kelly, Christopher J.

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Series: Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Bi

Religion General Bible StudiesGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1138249491
ISBN13: 9781138249493
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 6 2016
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book explores Cassian's use of scripture in the Conferences, especially its biblical models to convey his understanding of the desert ideal to the monastic communities of Gaul. Cassian intended the scriptures and, implicitly, the Conferences to be the voices of authority and orthodoxy in the Gallic environment. He interprets familiar biblical characters in unfamiliar ways that exemplify his ideal. By imitating their actions the monk enters a seamless lineage of authority stretching back to Abraham. This book demonstrates how the scriptures functioned as a dynamic force in the lives of Christian monks in the fourth and fifth centuries, emphasizes the importance of Cassian in the development of the western monastic tradition, and offers an alternative to the sometimes problematic descriptions of patristic exegesis as allegory or typology. Cassian has been described as little more than a provider of information about Egyptian monasticism, but a careful reading of his work reveals a sophisticated agenda to define and institutionalize orthodox monasticism in the Latin West.

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