What does it Mean to Call the Monasteries of Gaza a "School"?: A Reassessment of Dorotheus’ Intellectual Identity

This paper investigates the pedagogic theory and practice reflected in the Instructions of Dorotheus of Gaza. Recent scholarship has emphasised the school-like character of Palestinian monasticism in the sixth century, but failed to define in what respects the monks’ activity in the coenobia near Ga...

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Main Author: Stenger, Jan 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2017, Volume: 71, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-84
RelBib Classification:KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
KBL Near East and North Africa
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
RF Christian education; catechetics
VA Philosophy
ZF Education
Further subjects:B Dorotheus of Gaza monasticism education philosophy school Palestine
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