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The Monks of the Nag Hammadi Codices : (Record no. 14374)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789004699083
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789004695740
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Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004699083
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Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)1436906200
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Original cataloging agency NL-LeKB
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BS709.4
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Subject category code HRC
Source bicssc
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Subject category code REL
Subject category code subdivision 070000
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Classification number 220.4/2
Edition information 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Tutty, Paula,
Relator term author.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Monks of the Nag Hammadi Codices :
Remainder of title Contextualising a Fourth-Century Monastic Community /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Paula Tutty.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Contextualising a Fourth-Century Monastic Community
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2025.
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Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2025
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Extent 1 online resource (330 pages) :
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Series statement Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2025
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ;
Volume/sequential designation 107
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Title Preface -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Prologue: Searching for the Footprints -- 1 Focus and Structure -- 2 Turning to the Source Material -- 3 Social Theories and Monks -- 1 Background to the Letters -- 1 Turning to the Letters -- 2 Reviewing the Evidence -- 3 Identifying Monastic Material—Problems and Solutions -- 2 Fourth-century monasticism -- 1 The Development of Monastic Terminology -- 2 Christians as Individuals -- 3 Types of Monastic Living -- 4 Monastic Norms -- 5 Monks and Deviancy -- 6 Looking the part -- 7 The Monks of the Letters -- 8 Individual Lives -- 3 The Monastic Landscape -- 1 Late Antique Egypt—Geography -- 2 Population Size -- 3 The Location of the Monastic Community -- 4 Evidence from the Find Site -- 5 Internal Clues in the Letters -- 6 Monasteries and their Material Remains -- 7 The Local Pachomian Monasteries -- 8 The Monasteries of the Western Desert -- 9 Monastic Dwelling Places -- 10 Pachomian Domestic Arrangements -- 11 Evidence for Monastic Foodstuffs -- 12 Jars and Storage -- 13 Monasteries, Monastics and Books -- 4 The Early Monastic Economy -- 1 Monks and their Labours -- 2 Weaving -- 3 Property Ownership -- 4 Gifts from Patrons -- 5 Medicine and Ritual Texts -- 6 Creating an Income -- 7 Agricultural Work -- 8 Monks as Scribes -- 9 Monastic Trade and Travel -- 10 Travels for the Sake of the Monastic Economy -- 11 Economic Dealings in the Nag Hammadi Letters -- 5 Egyptian Monasticism and its Social Context -- 1 Power and Identity in Late Antique Egypt -- 2 Social Networking in Egypt -- 3 The World of the Fourth-Century Alopex Family -- 4 Evidence from Chenoboskia -- 5 Evidence in the NHC Letters -- 6 Interconnections and Social Ties -- 6 Monastic Travels -- 1 Moving About in the Late Roman Empire -- 2 Travel to and from the Monastery -- 3 Monastic Tourism -- 4 Monks on the move -- 5 Authorised Travel -- 6 Moving Away—Travel to the Edges of Egypt and Beyond -- 7 Movement and Monastic Literature -- 7 A Monastic Manuscript Culture -- 1 Literacy in Early Monasteries -- 2 Material Evidence for Monastic Literacy and Education -- 3 Classical Education -- 4 Language Choice in the Letters -- 5 Codices as Material Artefacts -- 6 The Books of Fourth- and Fifth-Century Monks -- 7 Monastic Codices—the Archaeological Evidence -- 8 Dating Codices -- 9 Coptic Codices and their Owners -- 10 Evidence for Book Ownership in the Cartonnage -- 11 Monastic Book Production -- Scriptoria -- 12 Bookbinding -- 13 Papyrus as a Commodity -- 14 Scribes of the Nag Hammadi Codices -- Epilogue: Footprints Uncovered -- Appendix1: Translations of Monastic and Christian letters from the Cartonnage Material -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This work tells the story of a community of fourth-century monks living in Egypt. The letters they wrote and received were found within the covers of works that changed our understanding of early religious thought - the Nag Hammadi Codices. This book seeks to contextualise the letters and answer questions about monastic life. Significantly, new evidence is presented that links the letters directly to the authors and creators of the codices in which they were discovered.
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Language note English
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
630 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Biblical Studies.
630 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Gnosticism & Manichaeism.
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Relationship information Print version:
Title The Monks of the Nag Hammadi Codices : Contextualising a Fourth-Century Monastic Community.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.
International Standard Book Number 9789004695740
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ;
Volume/sequential designation 107.
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004699083">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004699083</a>

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