Shenute
Also recorded as Shenoute of Atripe · Schenute
Shenute
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- Ancient Rome.
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- Coptic.
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348
Shenute born at Roman Egypt.
466
Shenute died at Sohag.
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Roman Egypt.
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scholarly publication
- SHENUTE OF ATRIPE (ca. 347- ), Historical Dictionary of the Coptic Church, 2008
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2008
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1382081: Shenute
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- 1.Emmel (2004), p. 11
- 2.Emmel (2004), p.6
- 3.Emmel (2004), p. 12
- 4.Smith, Clyde C. Shenoute. Dictionary of African Christian Biography.
- 5.Emmel (2004), p. 7
- 6.Emmel (2004), p. 9–10 and p. 558-564
- 7.Ahmed, Alzahraa K. Saint Shenoute of Atripe. Metropolitan Museum. 18 April 2012.
- 8.Emmel (2004), p. 8
- 9.Shenoute’s Life, Leadership, and Writings. Yale University.
- 10.The Monastery of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite. Saint Shenouda website.
- 11.Krawiec, Rebecca. Shenoute & the Women of the White Monastery: Egyptian Monasticism in Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press on Demand, 2002, pg. 4.
- 12.Johannes Leipoldt with W. E. Crum, Sinuthii Archimandritae Vita et Opera Omnia, 3 vols. [Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1906–13]. See here and here for two of the volumes on Archive. The Latin translation followed with H. Weissman, Sinuthii Archimandritae Vita et Opera Omnia [Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1931–36].
- 13.Emmel, Stephen. Shenoute's literary corpus. Vol. 1. Peeters Publishers, 2004.
- 14.Young, ed., Coptic Manuscripts from the White Monastery: Works of Shenoute, 2 vols. [Vienna: Brüder Hollinek, 1993]
- 15.Layton, Bentley. The canons of our fathers: monastic rules of Shenoute. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 13
- Behlmer, Heike. Schenute von Atripe: De iudicio (Torino, Museo Egizio, Cat. 63000, Cod. IV). Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali, Soprintendenza al Museo delle Antichità Egizie. 1996.
- Bell, David N. Besa: The Life of Shenoute. Cistercian Studies Series, vol. 73. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1983.
- Brakke, David. Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity. Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2006. [Esp. chap. 5, “The Prophet: Shenoute and the White Monastery.”]
- Emmel, Stephen. Shenoute’s Literary Corpus. 2 vols. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vols. 599–600 (= Subsidia, vols. 111–112). Leuven: Peeters, 2004. [With an extensive bibliography on Shenoute up to 2004.]
- Emmel, Stephen. “Shenoute’s Place in the History of Monasticism.” In: Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt, vol. 1: Akhmim and Sohag, edited by Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla, pp. 31–46 (with bibliography on pp. 321–350). Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2008.
- Grypeou, Emmanouela. Eastern Crossroads: Essays on Medieval Christian Legacy. Gorgias Press. 1. 157–168. 2007.
- Verlag Brunner Christoph. Schenute von Atripe De judicio finale. 2013. 978-3-9524018-5-9.
- Wolfgang Kosack: Shenoute of Atripe "De vita christiana": M 604 Pierpont-Morgan-Library New York/Ms. OR 12689 British-Library/London and Ms. Clarendon Press b. 4, Frg. Bodleian-Library/Oxford. Introduction, edition of the text and translation into German by Wolfgang Kosack / Verlag Christoph Brunner, Basel 2013.
- Krawiec, Rebecca. Shenoute and the Women of the White Monastery: Egyptian Monasticism in Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. 2002.
- Layton, Bentley. Rules, Patterns, and the Exercise of Power in Shenoute's Monastery: The Problem of World Replacement and Identity Maintenance. Journal of Early Christian Studies. 15. 1. 45–73. 2007. 10.1353/earl.2007.0015.
- Layton, Bentley. The Canons of Our Fathers: Monastic Rules of Shenoute. Oxford University Press. 2014.
- Schroeder, Caroline T. Monastic Bodies: Discipline and Salvation in Shenoute of Atripe. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2007.
- English translation of the Arabic life
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