{"product_id":"the-arabic-life-of-antony-attributed-to-serapion-of-thmuis-cultural-memory-reinterpreted-9789004383265","title":"The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis: Cultural Memory Reinterpreted","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis, Elizabeth Agaiby demonstrates how the redacted Life of Antony, the “Father of all monks and star of the wilderness”, gained widespread acceptance within Egypt shortly after its composition in the 13th century and dominated Coptic liturgical texts on Antony for over 600 years – the influence of which is still felt up to the present day. By providing a first edition and translation, Agaiby demonstrates how the Arabic Life bears witness to the reinterpretation of the religious memory of Antony in the Coptic Orthodox Church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements Figures and Tables Abbreviations A Note on Transliteration   Introduction   1 Antony the Great  Antony and the Red Sea Monasteries  An Overview of Antony in Coptic Liturgical Tradition  Appendix: Expositions on Antony   2 The Textual Traditions of the Life of Antony  Manuscripts Containing a Life of Antony in Arabic  Popularity of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life   3 Old Wine in a New Bottle  The Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony  Possible Dating of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life  Motive for “Rewriting” the Life of Antony  Style, Genre and Social Context  The Audience   4 Synopsis and Commentary  The Redactor of the Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony  The Redaction  Voices in the Text: Pseudo-Serapion  Synoptic Overview  Commentary on the Pseudo-Serapionic Life of Antony   5 The Life of Antony by Serapion the Bishop   6 A Codicological Description of MS St Paul (History) 53  Short Title Entry  Physical Description  Contents  Colophons  Endowment  Collation  Layout  Binding  Condition of the Manuscript  Observations   Postscript   Works Cited Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210761462103,"sku":"9789004383265","price":164.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-arabic-life-of-antony-attributed-to-serapion-of-thmuis-cultural-memory-reinterpreted-9789004383265","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}