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HOMO SUM (4TH CENTURY CHRISTIANITY)
HOMO SUM (4TH CENTURY CHRISTIANITY)
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HOMO SUM.......DEALS WITH CHRISTIANITY ON THE SINAI PENINSULA DURING THE FOURTH CENTURY A.D.. 225 PAGES IN PRINT! AN EXCITING AND INFORMATIVE READ!
• This volume includes a “Detailed Biography” of our author, Georg Ebers.
Ebers words: "When, in my journey through Arabia Petraea, I saw the caves of the anchorites of Sinai with my own eyes and trod their soil with my own feet, the story of their martyrdoom recurred to my mind and did not cease to haunt me while I traveled on farther in the desert.
Caves of the Anchorites? In this story of an anchorite, who is falsely accused instead of another....takes his punishment of expulsion on himself without exculpating himself, and his innocence becomes known only through the confession of the real culprit.
There is a peculiar fascination in imagining what the emotions of a soul might be which could lead to such apathy, to such an annihilation of all sensibility; and while the very deeds and thoughts of the strange cave-dweller grew more and more vivid in my mind the figure of Paulus took form."
The date of my story in the beginning of the fourth century. I feel now able to prove with certainty that at the time which I have chosen there were not only heathen recluses in the temples of Serapis but also Christian anchorites; I fully agree that the beginnings of organized Christian monasticism can in no case be dated earlier than the year 350.
Just a note: Our author was an accomplished Egyptian archaeologist who discovered one of the world's most noteworthy "medical papyrus" finds. His ambition is to use the novel to focus on ancient Egypt and the surrounding area.
Ebers continues: "The Paulus of my story must not be confounded with the "first hermit," Paulus of Thebes. He, with all the figures in this narrative is a purely fictitious person, the vehicle for an idea, neither more nor less.
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• This volume includes a “Detailed Biography” of our author, Georg Ebers.
Ebers words: "When, in my journey through Arabia Petraea, I saw the caves of the anchorites of Sinai with my own eyes and trod their soil with my own feet, the story of their martyrdoom recurred to my mind and did not cease to haunt me while I traveled on farther in the desert.
Caves of the Anchorites? In this story of an anchorite, who is falsely accused instead of another....takes his punishment of expulsion on himself without exculpating himself, and his innocence becomes known only through the confession of the real culprit.
There is a peculiar fascination in imagining what the emotions of a soul might be which could lead to such apathy, to such an annihilation of all sensibility; and while the very deeds and thoughts of the strange cave-dweller grew more and more vivid in my mind the figure of Paulus took form."
The date of my story in the beginning of the fourth century. I feel now able to prove with certainty that at the time which I have chosen there were not only heathen recluses in the temples of Serapis but also Christian anchorites; I fully agree that the beginnings of organized Christian monasticism can in no case be dated earlier than the year 350.
Just a note: Our author was an accomplished Egyptian archaeologist who discovered one of the world's most noteworthy "medical papyrus" finds. His ambition is to use the novel to focus on ancient Egypt and the surrounding area.
Ebers continues: "The Paulus of my story must not be confounded with the "first hermit," Paulus of Thebes. He, with all the figures in this narrative is a purely fictitious person, the vehicle for an idea, neither more nor less.
Looking for another good book? Just enter the name "TLC BOOKS, Edited" at the search box and you will be taken to our main page, where you will be able to peruse all our titles…many are Christian and Wholesome novels.
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