The Legacy of Demetrius of Alexandria 189-232 CE: The Form and Function of Hagiography in Late Antique and Islamic Egypt (Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World) - Tapa dura

Mikhail, Maged

 
9781138189324: The Legacy of Demetrius of Alexandria 189-232 CE: The Form and Function of Hagiography in Late Antique and Islamic Egypt (Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World)

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This is the first  full-length study of Demetrius of Alexandria (189-232 CE), who generated a neglected, yet remarkable hagiographic program that secured him a positive legacy throughout the Middle Ages and the modern era. Drawing upon Patristic, Coptic, and Arabic sources spanning a millennium, the analysis contextualizes the Demetrian corpus at its various stages of composition and presents the totality of his hagiographic corpus in translation.

This volume constitutes a definitive study of Demetrius, but more broadly, it provides a clearly delineated hagiographic program and charts its evolution against a backdrop of political developments and intercommunal interactions. This fascinating study is a useful resource for students of Demetrius and the Church in Egypt  in this period, but also for anyone working on Early Christianity and hagiography more generally.

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Maged S. A. Mikhail is Professor of History at California State University at Fullerton, USA.

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9780367876821: The Legacy of Demetrius of Alexandria 189-232 CE: The Form and Function of Hagiography in Late Antique and Islamic Egypt (Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World)

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ISBN 10:  0367876825 ISBN 13:  9780367876821
Editorial: Routledge, 2019
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