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  | | Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great Community, Theology, and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt by David Brakke, Andrew Crislip Paperback, 340 Pages, Published 2019 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-60667-8, ISBN: 1-107-60667-5 "Shenoute the Great (c.347-465) led one of the largest Christian monastic communities in late antique Egypt and was the greatest native writer of Coptic in history. For approximately eight decades, Shenoute led a federation of three monasteries and emerged as a Christian leader. His public sermons attracted crowds of clergy, monks, and lay people; he advised military and government officials; he worked to ensure that his followers would ..." |
 | | Reading in Christian Communities 2002(Updated) Essays on Interpretation in the Early Church (Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity) by Charles A. Bobertz, David Brakke, Rowan A. Greer, Professor David Brakke Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2002 by University Of Notre Dame Press ISBN-13: 978-0-268-03165-7, ISBN: 0-268-03165-7 "The essays in this book honor and extend the work of Rowan A. Greer, Walter H. Gray Professor Emeritus of Anglican Studies at Yale University Divinity School, by exploring the connections between textual interpretation and the formation of religious identity. A diverse and prestigious group of biblical scholars, church historians, and theologians study the function that scripture plays in the creation and maintenance of faith communitie ..." |
 | | Evagrius Of Pontus Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons (Cistercian Studies) by Professor David Brakke, Evagrius Of Pontus, David Brakke, David Brakke Evagrius Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2009 by Cistercian Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-87907-329-9, ISBN: 0-87907-329-2 "How did the monks of the Egyptian desert fight against the demons that attacked them with tempting thoughts? How could Christians resist the thoughts of gluttony, fornication, or pride that assailed them and obstructed their contemplation of God? According to Evagrius of Pontus (345 '399), one of the greatest spiritual directors of ancient monasticism, the monk should talk back to demons with relevant passages from the Bible. His book " ..." |
 | | Introduction to Christianity(3rd Edition) by Mary Jo Weaver, Jason Bivins, David Brakke Paperback, 308 Pages, Published 1997 by Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 978-0-534-24462-0, ISBN: 0-534-24462-9 "Combining essential information with thought-provoking discussion, this third edition updates the practical and challenging coverage of the history, ideas, and diversity of Christianity. This book provides a balanced introduction to the historical, cultural, theological, and social aspects of Christianity's development, focusing on movements, people, and controversies that have united and divided Christians over time. This foundation ..." |
 | | Reading in Christian Communities Essays on Interpretation in the Early Church (Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity Series, Vol. 14) by David Brakke, Charles A. Bobertz, Gregory E. Sterling, Rowan A. Greer, Charles A. Boberts, Charles Arnold Bobertz Paperback, 233 Pages, Published 2002 by University Of Notre Dame Press ISBN-13: 978-0-268-04017-8, ISBN: 0-268-04017-6 "The essays in this book honor and extend the work of Rowan A. Greer, Walter H. Gray Professor Emeritus of Anglican Studies at Yale University Divinity School, by exploring the connections between textual interpretation and the formation of religious identity. A diverse and prestigious group of biblical scholars, church historians, and theologians study the function that scripture plays in the creation and maintenance of faith communitie ..." |
 | | The Festal Letters of Athanasius of Alexandria, with the Festal Index and the Historia Acephala (Translated Texts for Historians LUP) by David Brakke, David M. Gwynn Hardcover, 360 Pages, Published 2023 by Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-80207-682-0, ISBN: 1-80207-682-4 |
 | | Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism(1st Edition) (Oxford Early Christian Studies) by David Brakke Hardcover, 376 Pages, Published 1995 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-826816-1, ISBN: 0-19-826816-5 "Early Christian asceticism was far from being wholly other-worldly. This new and illuminating study of the life and thought of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria (328-73), who was one of the central figures of the church at the time, shows just how deeply political ascetic theology could also be, in the struggle to form a united and dominant church in Egypt under the Roman Empire. The book includes an appendix with some of the writings of ..." |
 | | Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity(1st Edition) by David Brakke, Deborah Deliyannis, Edward Watts, Edward Jay Watts, Professor David Brakke, Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis Hardcover, 286 Pages, Published 2012 by Ashgate Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-1-4094-4149-6, ISBN: 1-4094-4149-0 ""Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity" explores the transformation of classical culture in late antiquity by studying cultures at the borders - the borders of empires, of social classes, of public and private spaces, of literary genres, of linguistic communities, and of the modern disciplines that study antiquity. Although such canonical figures of late ancient studies as Augustine and Ammianus Marcellinus appear in its pages, ..." |
 | | Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity(1st Edition) by Professor Deborah Deliyannis, Professor David Brakke Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-27518-8, ISBN: 1-138-27518-2 "Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity explores the transformation of classical culture in late antiquity by studying cultures at the borders - the borders of empires, of social classes, of public and private spaces, of literary genres, of linguistic communities, and of the modern disciplines that study antiquity. Although such canonical figures of late ancient studies as Augustine and Ammianus Marcellinus appear in its pages, th ..." |
 | | The Gnostic Scriptures, Second Edition (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library) by Bentley Layton, David Brakke, John Collins Paperback, 760 Pages, Published 2021 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-20854-2, ISBN: 0-300-20854-5 "The texts are organized to reflect the history of gnosticism in the second through fourth centuries CE. This second edition provides updates throughout and adds three new ancient texts, including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas." |
 | | The Gnostics(Reprint) Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity by Professor David Brakke Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 2012 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-06603-8, ISBN: 0-674-06603-0 |
 | | Gnosticism From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas by Professor David Brakke Dvd, Published 2015 by The Great Courses ISBN-13: 978-1-62997-112-4, ISBN: 1-62997-112-X |
 | | Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity by David Brakke, Deborah Deliyannis 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-351-90031-7, ISBN: 1-351-90031-5 "4.2, statui res gestas populi Romani carptim, ut quaeque memoria digna videbantur, perscribere. ... evenere, nisi cui libeat laudandis fundamentis et trabibus, quis molem amphitheatri apud campum Martis Caesar exstruxerat, volumina implere, cum ex dignitate populi Romani repertum sit res inlustres annalibus, talia diurnis urbis actis mandare. ... 16 Although focusing on the epilogue of the Res Gestae, Blockley offers a convincing a ..." |
 | | The Gnostics Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity by David Brakke 180 Pages, Published 2011 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-05889-7, ISBN: 0-674-05889-5 "new model of early Christian development, the “varieties of early Christianity” model. ... Although it became the basis for what later Christians would understand to be orthodox Christianity, before the fourth century its eventual triumph was not ensured, and ... an analogy that Church historian Philip Rousseau briefly offers as a way to understand how scholars approach the diversity of early Christian Egypt." |
 | | Demons and the Making of the Monk Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity by David Brakke 322 Pages, Published 2009 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-02865-4, ISBN: 0-674-02865-1 "Wilhelm Schneemelcher, “Das Kreuz Christi und die Dämonen: Bemer-. 1. Athanasius, VA pref. 3. I cite Athansius's Life of Antony in the text as VA, with chapter and section numbers per Bartelink's text. ... Van Loveren, “Once Again: ' The Monk and the Martyr'— Saint Anthony and Saint Macrina,” Studia Patristica 17 (1982): 528–538. 4. Maureen Tilley, “The Ascetic Body and the (Un)Making of the World of the Martyr,” Journal of the Amer ..." |
 | | Introduction to Christianity by Mary Jo Weaver, David Brakke 304 Pages, Published 2008 by Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 978-1-111-80052-9, ISBN: 1-111-80052-9 "Eboo Patel: Deliberate Engagement with Difference Eboo Patel (b. 1975), a Muslim American whose parents immigrated from India, founded the Interfaith Youth Core in 1998 to create a generation of religiously inspired activists who can change the climate of interreligious conflict and hatred to one of cooperation and understanding. He calls them social entrepreneurs. When Patel read The Souls of Black Folk (1903), he was struck by th ..." |
 | | Introduction to Christianity(4th Edition) by Professor Mary Jo Weaver, Professor David Brakke, Jason C. Bivins Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2008 by Cengage Learning International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-495-09726-6, ISBN: 0-495-09726-8 |
 | | Athanasius and Asceticism(Updated) by Professor David Brakke, Indiana University Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 1998 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-6055-3, ISBN: 0-8018-6055-5 |
 | | Other Voices of Gnosticism Interviews with leading writers and scholars including Tobias Churton,Nicola Denzey-Lewis, Richard Smoley, Gary Lachman, ... Daniel C. Matt, Willis Barnstone and others by Miguel Conner, Gary Lachman, Stephan Hoeller, Tobias Churton, Nicola Denzey Lewis, David Brakke, Willis Barnstone, Robert M. Price, Sean Martin, Erik Davis, Richard Smoley, Daniel C. Matt, Eric G. Wilson, Ismo Dunderberg, Andrew Phillip Smith Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2016 by Bardic Press ISBN-13: 978-1-906834-30-2, ISBN: 1-906834-30-X "For several years, Miguel Conner has engaged the most prominent writers and scholars on Gnosticism and early Christianity on Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio. The acclaimed Voices of Gnosticism collected interviews with academic scholars of Gnosticism. Now in Other Voices of Gnosticism Miguel Conner extends his net to include leading writings such as Richard Smoley, Gary Lachman and Tobias Churton. Miguel and his guests discuss all aspects of G ..." |
 | | The Gospel of Judas A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries) by Brakke, David Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2022 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-17326-0, ISBN: 0-300-17326-1 |
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