Monastic rules of Shenute († 465)
This article analyses the form of Shenute’s monastic rules. They are not extant as a single book but were collected by B. Layton from all writings of this Coptic author. Consequently, the first question that rises if whether all the rules are cited as they were included in the statute of the monaste...
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| description | This article analyses the form of Shenute’s monastic rules. They are not extant as a single book but were collected by B. Layton from all writings of this Coptic author. Consequently, the first question that rises if whether all the rules are cited as they were included in the statute of the monastery, or sometimes their form was determined by thelaws of the genre and by purposes of the text in which they were preserved. The secondproblem is related to quotations and their functions in Shenute’s rules. The Coptic apa continues in his texts the cenobitic tradition, at the origins of which stands St. Pachomius the Great, whose rules are notable for their simplicity and pithiness. Shenute’s rules
are, by contrast, rhetorically elaborate. In particular, they contain quotations, allusionsand references to the Bible and to regulations of his predecessor, whom Shenute calls“our fathers”. Another important problem in the study of characteristic features of the rules of the White Monastery is the occurrence of quotations (both from the Bible and from Pachomius’ rules). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c80e83c47e3c4a388061ceb7762d7d832025-08-20T02:02:04ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология1991-64852409-48972017-12-0153532434http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturIII201753.24-3410Monastic rules of Shenute († 465)Natalia Golovnina0St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University for Humanities; 6/1 Likhov pereulok, Moscow, 127051, Russian FederationThis article analyses the form of Shenute’s monastic rules. They are not extant as a single book but were collected by B. Layton from all writings of this Coptic author. Consequently, the first question that rises if whether all the rules are cited as they were included in the statute of the monastery, or sometimes their form was determined by thelaws of the genre and by purposes of the text in which they were preserved. The secondproblem is related to quotations and their functions in Shenute’s rules. The Coptic apa continues in his texts the cenobitic tradition, at the origins of which stands St. Pachomius the Great, whose rules are notable for their simplicity and pithiness. Shenute’s rules are, by contrast, rhetorically elaborate. In particular, they contain quotations, allusionsand references to the Bible and to regulations of his predecessor, whom Shenute calls“our fathers”. Another important problem in the study of characteristic features of the rules of the White Monastery is the occurrence of quotations (both from the Bible and from Pachomius’ rules).http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6269Egypt Copts cenobitic monasticism monastic statutes St. Pachomius the Great apa Shenute existence and reconstruction of the statute of the White Monastery forms and types of rules sources and borrowings New Testament quotations and their functions |
| spellingShingle | Natalia Golovnina Monastic rules of Shenute († 465) Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология Egypt Copts cenobitic monasticism monastic statutes St. Pachomius the Great apa Shenute existence and reconstruction of the statute of the White Monastery forms and types of rules sources and borrowings New Testament quotations and their functions |
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| topic | Egypt Copts cenobitic monasticism monastic statutes St. Pachomius the Great apa Shenute existence and reconstruction of the statute of the White Monastery forms and types of rules sources and borrowings New Testament quotations and their functions |
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