Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World
(Part of the Key Themes in Ancient History Series)
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Asceticism deploys abstention, self-control, and self-denial, to order oneself or a community in relation to the divine. Both its practices and the cultural ideals they expressed were important to pagans, Jews, Christians of different kinds, and Manichees. Richard Finn presents for the first time a combined study of the major ascetic traditions, which have been previously misunderstood by being studied separately. He examines how people abstained...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521681545
ISBN13:9780521681544
Release Date:July 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:196 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"
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