The Monastic Paradox: negotiating monastic seclusion and pilgrim hospitality in the Late Antique Near East

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12 octobre 2016

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Whiting Marlena, « The Monastic Paradox: negotiating monastic seclusion and pilgrim hospitality in the Late Antique Near East », HospitAm, ID : 10670/1.3qa1wj


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Marlena Whiting (University of Amsterdam) Mosaic from the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes at Tabgha (Heptapegon) in the Galilee (c) Elias Khamis/Manar al-Athar There is a paradox within the monastic ideal: on the one hand, monks are meant to withdraw from the world into spiritual and ascetic seclusion; on the other hand, scripture enjoins hospitality on all Christians, to emulate the model of Abraham at Mamre - “for in this way some have entertained angels unawares” (He...

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