1975
DOI: 10.3406/rhr.1975.6077
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La conception du désert chez les moines d'Egypte

Abstract: La conception du désert dans les sources monastiques égyptiennes des quatrième et cinquième siècles présente la même ambivalence que dans la Bible. Il faut distinguer, d'une part, entre les représentations d'origine littéraire, utilisant largement le thème biblique du désert élaboré surtout par Philon, sous l'influence d'idées venues de l'hellénisme, et, d'autre part, des représentations liées à l'idée que les Egyptiens, comme les anciens Sémites, se faisaient du désert, région stérile et démoniaque. En vertu … Show more

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“…would talk about the contrast between the purity of the air, the life in the deserted places, and the moral misery of urban life 17 . But early Christian asceticism, inspired by the Holy Scriptures and threatened by the social realities of the time, manages to give the desert special importance and a special significance, 18 so that the uncultivated, sandy, rocky and uninhabited desert becomes an extremely valuable space for 6 Associated with the curse, exile or death (Num. 20, 4-5; Deut.…”
Section: The Wildernessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…would talk about the contrast between the purity of the air, the life in the deserted places, and the moral misery of urban life 17 . But early Christian asceticism, inspired by the Holy Scriptures and threatened by the social realities of the time, manages to give the desert special importance and a special significance, 18 so that the uncultivated, sandy, rocky and uninhabited desert becomes an extremely valuable space for 6 Associated with the curse, exile or death (Num. 20, 4-5; Deut.…”
Section: The Wildernessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A good illustration of this dynamic occurs in a desert story in which a disciple lies about observing supernatural evidence of the sanctity of his spiritual father (Sayings 18.2). Antoine Guillaumont (1975) understood this particular lie as motivated by a desire to preserve the secret of a particular desert father's holiness and that this desire exacted au prix d'un pieux mensonge. Can we do this, too, especially as we approach others?…”
Section: Constructive Appropriation Of Holy Feigningmentioning
confidence: 99%