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The Legacy of Demetrius of Alexandria 189-232 CE: The Form and Function of Hagiography in Late Antique and Islamic Egypt - Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World Maged Mikhail 1st edition
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The Legacy of Demetrius of Alexandria 189-232 CE: The Form and Function of Hagiography in Late Antique and Islamic Egypt - Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World
Maged Mikhail
This is the first full-length study of Demetrius of Alexandria (189?232 ce), who generated a neglected, yet remarkable hagiographic program that secured him a positive legacy throughout the Middle Ages and the modern era. Drawing upon Patristic, Coptic, and Arabic sources spanning a millennium, the analysis contextualizes the Demetrian corpus at its various stages of composition and presents the totality of his hagiographic corpus in translation.
This volume constitutes a definitive study of Demetrius, but more broadly, it provides a clearly delineated hagiographic program and charts its evolution against a backdrop of political developments and intercommunal interactions. This fascinating study is a useful resource for students of Demetrius and the Church in Egypt in this period, but also for anyone working on Early Christianity and hagiography more generally.
228 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 13, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138189324 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 228 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 163 × 19 mm · 484 g |
| Language | English |
