Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis

Brand, Mattias

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“…Gift-giving was a central tenet in Manichaean theology and social ideology in the doctrinal texts, with catechumens obliged to sustain the elect through alms provisions of food, above all, but also of other everyday necessities. 38 It is in this context that Tehat's social importance within her community, and its relationship to her business activities, becomes apparent. In P.Kell.Copt.…”

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Building women's social capital in Late Antique Egypt: business owners and civic administrators

Kelley

2024

Byz. Mod. Greek stud.

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Women as a social category have been the subject of numerous recent studies considering their lived experience in the Late Antique and Byzantine Mediterranean. However, their representation in the narrative sources continues to shape modern reconstructions of women's agency within their social and economic contexts, often with unsatisfactory results. Building on the twentieth-century sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's model of social capital, this article will use the documentary papyri from Egypt to suggest a paradigm in which the agency of individual women can be viewed and incorporated into micro-historical narratives of the patriarchal society of Late Antiquity.

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Building women's social capital in Late Antique Egypt: business owners and civic administrators

Kelley

2024

Byz. Mod. Greek stud.

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Revisiting the Institution of Bnay and Bnoth Qyōmo in the Syriac Tradition

Malki

2024

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A group of Syriac Christian believers existed during the fourth century called the Bnay Qyōmo (with their female counterparts known as the Bnoth Qyōmo): the Sons and Daughters of the Covenant. There has been considerable controversy about the nature of this archaic Syrian monastic movement or, as it is known to some scholars, the Syriac “Proto-Monastic Tradition”. The controversy has not only been about the name, but also the origin, habits, and ascetic way of life of the Bnay Qyōmo. The intention of the present article is not to elaborate on the various terminology used to describe the Bnay Qyōmo or the nature of their vows and expected duties as introduced by Aphrahat and other Syrian Fathers, for these have been studied by many scholars. Rather, the intention of this article is to review some of the material discussing this group by key Syriac Fathers to present a fresh reading of the historical record to better apprize the order’s regulations and its social and ecclesiastical roles within the Syriac-speaking Church during the fourth and fifth centuries AD. The main Syriac writers who dealt with this topic were Aphrahat, known as “the Persian Sage” (ca. 260–345), and Rabūla, Bishop of Edessa (flor. 420s). Whilst the order appears to have declined by about the eighth century, understanding the roles of the Bnay Qyōmo during the earlier period (the focus of this writing) is crucial for explaining the development of the Syriac Tradition.

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Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Building women's social capital in Late Antique Egypt: business owners and civic administrators

Building women's social capital in Late Antique Egypt: business owners and civic administrators

June 2022 Books Received

Revisiting the Institution of Bnay and Bnoth Qyōmo in the Syriac Tradition

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