Shenoutean corpus
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The Shenoutean corpus is the body of Coptic monastic and theological writings attributed to Shenoute of Atripe, a major source for understanding late antique Egyptian Christianity and monasticism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shenoutean corpus canonical | 2 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian monastic literature
ⓘ
Coptic literary corpus ⓘ corpus of writings ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Coptic Orthodox Church
ⓘ
Shenoute of Atripe ⓘ White Monastery ⓘ
surface form:
White Monastery Federation
|
| authorAttributed | Shenoute of Atripe ⓘ |
| centeredOn |
Atripé
ⓘ
surface form:
Atripe
|
| contains |
admonitions to monks and nuns
ⓘ
attacks on pagan and non-Christian practices ⓘ discussions of property and wealth ⓘ moral exhortations ⓘ polemics against perceived heresies ⓘ rules for communal monastic life ⓘ |
| genre |
ascetic instructions
ⓘ
homilies ⓘ letters ⓘ monastic rules ⓘ polemical writings ⓘ sermons ⓘ theological treatises ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
Egypt
ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major source for Coptic monasticism
ⓘ
major source for late antique Egyptian Christianity ⓘ major source for social history of late antique Egypt ⓘ |
| influenced |
Coptic canonical and disciplinary traditions
ⓘ
later Coptic monastic literature ⓘ |
| language | Coptic ⓘ |
| mainDialect | Sahidic Coptic ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Shenoute of Atripe ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Coptic papyrus fragments
ⓘ
Coptic parchment codices ⓘ White Monastery manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bohairic Coptic
ⓘ
surface form:
Bohairic Coptic tradition
Greek patristic literature ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Middle Eastern Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Egyptian Christianity
|
| script | Coptic script ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Coptology
ⓘ
church history ⓘ late antique studies ⓘ monastic studies ⓘ patristics ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian monasticism
ⓘ
asceticism ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ church discipline ⓘ orthodoxy and heresy ⓘ social ethics ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
5th century
ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| transmission | monastic scriptoria ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.