Writing and Communication in Early Egyptian Monasticism

Abstract This study analyzes a fragmentary Coptic Psalms testimonia collection (CPT), published by Charles W. Hedrick in 2006. The text lists approximately 30 events from Jesus’ life; each event is paired with a Psalms quotation understood as a prophetic witness (testimonium) to that event. The collection is creedally structured, focusing on Jesus’ birth, his passion and death, and his resurrection, ascension, and heavenly enthronement. This study situates each of the CPT’s events and testimonia in the context of early Christian testimonia literature, noting especially close connections with catechetical works such as Rufinus’ Commentary on the Apostolic Creed. Of special interest is the CPT’s quotation of Christian additions to Ps 96:10 (“on the wood”) and to Ps 51:7 (“by the blood of the wood”). Its likely life-setting is the catechesis of fifth-century Egyptian monasticism.

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Discernment in the Desert Fathers: Diakrisis in the Life and Thought of Early Egyptian Monasticism, by Antony D. Rich. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster Press, 2007. 332pp., paper, £19.99, ISBN 9781842274316

Implicit Religion ◽

10.1558/imre.v12i1.109 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Richard F. Goodrich

Keyword(s):

Desert Fathers ◽

Egyptian Monasticism ◽

Milton Keynes

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Simeón ("del desierto") y el vino triste hecho carne alegre...

Littera Aperta International Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies ◽

10.21071/ltap.v1i1.10816 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 19-63

Author(s):

Felicia María Muñoz López de Lerma

Keyword(s):

Literary Works ◽

History Of Christianity ◽

Christian Religion ◽

History Of ◽

Egyptian Monasticism

This article analyzes in detail Luis Buñuel’s film Simón del desierto, according to sources related to Egyptian monasticism and taking into account some literary works known by the Spanish director. Therefore, it focuses on the pictorial, historical and literary intertextuality of the film, emphasizing also the scenes in which the cinematographic technique reveals contents. The director’s ideology, that can be traced back from his “autobiography”, Mon dernier soupir, is also considered, as well as its reflection in the film. Finally, the paper addresses Buñuel’s connection with the surrealist movement and how all these circumstances affect to his interpretation, his parody of the History of Christianity, and also his conception of Christian religion.

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