Samuel Rubenson

Asceticism and Monasticism, I. Varieties of Eastern Monasticism

Recent research on early Eastern monasticism has shown that earlier images of a fairly uniform movement can no longer stand. The chapter reviews earlier scholarship and discusses various froms of monasticism in the East, both generally and in each region. Five distinct types are presented, the ascetic household, the itinerant preaching monks, the recluses or hermits, the groups of anchorites and the cenobites. The theological and social developments are discussed for each of the regions Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor and Constantinople. Finally the impact of monasticism in the East during the fourth to sixth centuries, ecclesiastically as well as politically, is emphasised.

Excavations at the Monastery of St Antony at the Read Sea

This paper discusses the results from recent archaeological investigations at the Monastery of St Antony in Egypt, including the remains of a number of building phases predating the current church, ...

Riot in Alexandria: Tradition and Group Dynamics in Late Antique Pagan and Christian Communities

Riot in Alexandria : tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities