Slavery and Asceticism in John of Ephesus’ Lives of the Eastern Saints


This article examines the phenomenon of slavery – both institutional (being enslaved to other human beings) and divine (being enslaved to God) – and its relationship to asceticism in John of Ephesus’ (507-589 CE) Lives of the Eastern Saints. The study first examines the nature of institutional slave...

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主要作者: de Wet, Chris (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Brill 2017
In: Scrinium
Year: 2017, 卷: 13, 發布: 1, Pages: 84-113
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KCD Hagiography; saints
Further subjects:B asceticism
 Liber graduum
 Byzantine slavery
 hagiography
 John of Ephesus
 late antiquity
 Lives of the Eastern Saints
 monasticism
 slave of God
 slavery
 Syriac

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