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| Publication date |
2024
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| Host editors |
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| Book title |
Coptic Culture and Community
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| Book subtitle |
Daily Lives, Changing Times
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| ISBN |
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| ISBN (electronic) |
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9781649033284
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9781649033291
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| Chapter |
6
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| Pages (from-to) |
167-184
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| Publisher |
Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
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| Abstract |
This contribution presents three case studies that examine how religious leaders in the Theban region tried to protect, or received requests to intervene for the sake of, socially vulnerable individuals in the years 600–630 on the basis of their - mostly Coptic - documents. For the monk-bishops Abraham of Hermonthis (ca. 590–621) and Pesynthios of Koptos (599–631) it was an episcopal duty to stand up for the underprivileged in their dioceses, but the hermit Epiphanius (ca. 615–20) received petitions to intercede with civil authorities as well.
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| Document type |
Chapter
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| Note |
A contribution written before my postdoc position at the UvA, but checked and published during my research project.
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.809342.12
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| Other links |
https://aucpress.com/9781649031822/coptic-culture-and-community/
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