‘CAMBRIDGE CLASSICAL JOURNAL UNCLASSICAL TRADITIONS VOLUME I: ALTERNATIVES TO THE CLASSICAL PAST IN LATE ANTIQUITY (CHRISTOPHER KELLY, RICHARD AND MICHAEL STUART WILiPel Reine gles 0 eCanba iigl Soy 210 rade ene Contents Inodction “Theshape ofthepast: Eases of Carers and Old Testumentisory Clesepr Kaly “The emperors new put eenactnet and inversion Chien ‘evectves guint Contant Rind Foe ‘Gogisthe Goth biblical barbarian in Ambre of Mian Dede Mak Hope “helps cretion ofa Chistian pas: entity nd conununity ‘naniphonl payers Dusk Kreger ‘he Roman wos of Fests Boar Gana kely seni oa: Aoi andthe Oxlpo ‘Min Shar ian “The Mann om Unc: Bs of Casares ng en Nally “Theovgs ofhapiogaphy and he erator ofextymonstism purpose and gee betwen tration andionoction| Cla Rapp Bigspy Inder‘The origins of hagiography and the literature of early ‘monasticism: purpose and gente between, tradition and innovation (Chandi Rapp “The Léon fen assed a be the ting pint of new gee of Crstan Ie agogaphy’ Aer ae haglograpes ok ths ea thet ml and ‘npn oras the compete wished aupasoratlent wont some rte hs ifdef ead sth binning of Latin hogy det sponte Late, upc Severs Lie Man of sand las Grn the Geet Diss (lang book? 0 the [of Ba) wee tense poe tat theWesthadssown Ants Adgsine couse ate ws prope reeds ese become hptiedaerhening ton Fa the Lio ry Ad at thetatn autho In Grek thee ws wily edad ded Great Narees calle ito for th mont inthe for ofa aan” ujthowimoraie was he Loin? 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Thee masse reference work forthe st ofthe cul of ints inthe Guskspeling tradition the its Hoga Graal the printed eons of Geek Lie and sa of pei mada nt that were composed tough the aes Hore 'samuch nckerusktoist and ssi shower aeons anecdotes oriying ested ‘wbolmen asmany are anonymous ad many others are atta to seve dient indiidoal. BH relegate this materal tothe Appendices, died into Narain ‘reve (Append) and Patan Vitae (Appends 1) ber the pep, ‘he Laws stor and ther sar collection ako have thei place” “Te tte modern cha tadton wo question tga the xg fhe cal oft The elton usta) east the elt of dad samt andthe maces that veer generated athextomb orthrough this 2s was ubiquitous deride. 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I should to popose functional approach which allows oe thetresiment ol ons of wring nerdy the asian monte moverantin Egyptand dseere upc the seventh entry fone lage ops of igograpty thew sense lve lokatthe lay of desert hermits ate our andi centary ‘who atedassprtual gues and wereededashalymen,ratherthanathe Big ang {teat Atanas Leon dierent indore corns tothe areas Foc and purpose are los lnked. The dest ahr fered spt advice, ofan responseto prompting gireme aor) or question what shall do”) anintimste 2nd ptsonal encounce witha dsiple The bh electvenes teachers onthe path tospitulperecton and as guides onthe long anthony toad of sei enanction depended on vo ngs: that to understand 3 dil nsede~ tanks othe posession ofthe ding ofiacramentandoeknowiedge andthe ovm and ands dh cou serve a an exp ard ipa orate Tei eachings were treasured gems, passed dow fiom generation to generation of disciples and shared among monks They were capes nwt orm somete nthe ie cetry Inthe Asopitggat and aeay were populreading material among the moan Palestine inthe ery sinh" Once writen dow they were alae os ger reading publ even curse of monastic cels.Noloager coud therebea complete elanee by ‘ne diipe on single spoken word of Father tha sce the heat ofthe anos lzener athe he Sag nthe ates fem adres an indent and non specie audience and they exes the force not india woud bu colstivey a ‘ggomestion of monasticism, The aadence fhe weten et ofthe Appt ws expected to derives 5 snuch spr benefit opel) as thse who had profited from a eonl encounter vid the "Olt Men This explained in the preface to the Apel Callao the cent teh nein FCA ah ea de eed ya “eee eda ny tage Deora abcess matin ns Sins of he Der Fito where the deserters ae cs a teachers das), sotomatcly tansforming thei audlence~ reales ftrnporal we geographical Temove~ nto dps. Te teaching apples to the renee and here ofthe writen ‘vor in any ub ein such as it the egal dsople wh ste tthe sis worn the Egyptian desert. baitootaewmienphetans ecm anfaneasconat fi mei Sie ey anne hen eth ncuron tetas ‘hose tthe havea ean nbovshtotor phate thee Intheremuinder fhisintrodection, the compiler efesto the content fis elton 25'word and dees Sayings and ood actions ofthe desert ahers™ Thteachingof ‘he dese fihersthus des net occur merely through whathey ay btistigy bound spinhow theyie2 “This congrityof word and deed inthe proces of characte formation has Tong teaon in ance education Pseudo Pata epeas in The Elution of Chi a ssyng by the pre Soca pilosoper Dents Awordiea shadow of deed Ia cv period and inthe contest ofthe ascetic movement this tin s highlighted by pecs whose mans of hice to monks probatiy date rom the ie fourth oe eat ith cena: Tel we eo doesnot ach wth words batiastrots hough deed Ahaglogaphicapulelsthe ofS, neftbe fe desertmothesin Egyptoshich informe taience: "Theses the teachings (dys) ft venerable anv ost vituous Syadtia, rather her des (prog) and sings (eta)™ “The tear of cass antiquity ecognied the pedagogiea vale ofboth words dal deeds, as has aleady been noted above in coniuncton with biography and Historiography This ie puticeley evden inthe Prono, te of there ‘eres taught inthe cestoons fang ndbeyond Among the diferentlinde of tspostionallfthesesetsinelade the ica. Aphthniusa stadt Lena An inthe second half thefouth century whose Pegonnatrenoys gst pops in Byzantium defined tts: “Ay edn ‘Sentiment i Inraegaagee tha ae Arc ati a mee ocinatoeton Ley beeen te Sortens cavers arr Gracenote kinins peo cil drbecase hissed onl), Thecnke flatworm even meals Ice Fresrple Pos hath anche tinue gos ye ato Aas sina on Firenpl en gee boutheeaghofhaan Il apeaed tani tdinel sing sthn te ee oP smite nent cot fh wed and acion Fores wen Denes 40g runnstehingebrieducat wth Why dayooghehenchiarion™ Cinacanthasconsistfaptyema, ofa short mamationofa signa action ovofacombontion ofboth, The speaker or actors alas mentioned name, andthe tli ismeanttorevslsomething ental about hm sbout is char o¢ bout is texhing nth ay theca toprovide sell suction fr ssaudence™ Chit ‘te partofthe bas choolcurscalum wel it tangy andthe ey Byzantine pei often within 4 Chitin cote as papas fs fom Egypt ates. athe "asso they were emplyedas cement text isto wingeserees and hen the pup nas move advance ar the bso eres in grain and etc” The an uch Uke the anonymons gon (sn) ange students nt solely about the stature of language and ts potent for eetive manipulation. bu stand fovemostinulatedssne ofthe or cla ident" Teresa Mogan notes the remafble contin nthe manus uanemeson ofthe gromic sng Altbesune ot appearn nonasene n he fithand th cetuies s ppeaed in Greek ites fa Giaee>Egyptian ages ithe re Chitin ea" Thee popolnty schoo ets is quantal Thee are 250 extant quotations of gona and crea wien in ‘chpolhands raking these tthe ant populrbasisforveringexercesaliogebec™ Fogogrphical authors and their Kray audence, but aso the abbas and ther dlsaiples ~ provided they wase erie ~ must have been exposed oct in het supe nedpene Pore Snaewinaestoneecen scm Vial eqriminphnorntoa themes Spogh psn Sapuaicebontetapeenyesnacoatemrseas Se iehenivsheralcumioeasemacticepa Thangs nate fern ws inary edition and thos were Gaile with th Mery fem of conveying 38 ‘cational message or encapsulating the essence of someone character na ypc ‘ying orancedte T vould like to sages, slong eth Kathleen Mey and Lil Lase, tht _Apphgnaa costes Cris ppliction oferaain al vce fers verbalactine ums, complete wih ctinciesteuctonlprpose” Recent sear bas also {sen tention othe use othisahetoral or inthe gospel naratiresandinabbinc leat Like the civ the Apoptgnsta const fer asplsaing theepet ‘fan ston ora contain bon the form af aa anecdote Once we acep this ‘nl shot sep separates poping thatprovidea marae sletchas the sting ‘Tes inthe fem of sang om he difing eco aboot hems and monks thatare assembled into cllections such sth History ofthe Manin Ep na free ‘development even a fillengt hagiogrphial text such asthe Lint can be inerpecte sanexpanson fc -syingserbeddedinnaative fous on one foto. The daca ofthe Lio ony fs made exh inthe long spesch of Fnsraton (whch amounts toan esborsted cia) that Antony dette nd byestension arses othe audience of tee Tis.then, my dul po: the purpose of hapogrphy i didaccand theca, which ste prefered genre forthe oreyance of ge of didactic wedom, the dasalantcedet for he various Tieary fom ofhapograp9. Tris pou 1b ace How spopigaty were elaboated ito lager works of ‘asigrepbica erate. good example fom the Egyptian monastic contest forthe Thy betwcen sta and opp the bigraphy of ohn Colbus (John te Lil) wholved inthe deere of Seti inthesecondhlfofthe forth century Tite, poo by acetan Zachats, bishop of Saha he ehh century" exis na Bole vesion edited by Amelinens” as walla an Arabic version and a Se teaaation(bselon the extant Asc tet) whch was produced atte Monastry of ‘he Sins in Egypt in 936 and eed by Naw Although the ex pwesets sls a0 “cose niet cme lr BO “iggy iene terre Se PT gp sehen ain Sede ‘a echt en ced orth dca a “Soh snd) pen end Se ttanetecacinaigeieiwainat ins teaedbecoa eihenapdinpmgc erp nca avis mare ncn tht was devs the an st ofthe ithe autho Fs the Tinga frat in covering jo Celeb ie rom iho deth Thi chro arate provides th Famework or alose sequence facets tht tates onus, come wih sapshos that convey histeashingin the orm ofshorsynge Een the mised iar (ston ollwed by pronouncement) has is pce, a 10 the felling example: group af monks comes to vst Aros, Joi pital he tk himaboutthe mtr ofthe monste Ameo delegsesthequstontohisdcle ohn ‘who iaszadofginngan mmedatanswezakesoislthesin fll ew ofthis ston her, an hen expla hs the how the gor ofthe wo shoul be tes case the monk nade temple under ist ll dese ofhisheart Johns encomist Zacharias acknowledges his dependence on wide vey of sourees: pot y people win had know Jon and communicated knowledge ‘ther orl in conveston th the author personally while he was non hamsloe instingin the Boo Roa aCoptctext that conanesyingsan anecdotes ofthe Egyptian monksandicetan ltd nfm and content tohe Laat Hsin" And indeed Na, the editor ofthe Siac Encino on Clos as ented twenty hee passages i thistet ht reals found among the ty saying tributed on inthe Greek veson ofthe Alphabet Calcio of the Apps eter ith an -Lionaltee sayings inthe hatte atabutedtocthesinthe pitts Wah “ach lage numberof borovings, the author declaration of ede os witen AzatonThstendeson vhost ty Svan ee ‘ly tent ey nde pty eek fen Goons stg ‘taal ters corto nhs ndontans opel sbocpegantonaendenngeftpcstom betelgueplalonioons ‘enreronthsnasomple athe nhowsencipopett eal thaclalon (ong was ae pega) be pgs Sutton pops reigned ener once steynertanpontiordfiatrtmesnd er “seers ts Doche en fhacppy ag scomnen upon: Adoseract the png ete seekemmeneais ttn Thee ‘om at tiscommon pape vacnotipepan ct To ata Sead sn bathe sil aceon ty ned aa bee en ee "pec ry D6 “Spades ogni onan Gone,10 cLAUoIA Rare flowed his example deed and adhered to his teaching in words tis this shared protrepticand educational stent tht provides ches to what weno conser ety uiogrepicl woking Andis the esti ofthe casi gene ofthe des tht sal snadesin his intent even at the eveloflteary frm These te antique tats aunt ‘eplicate the orginal encour beeen die nd tach adto mae dip ouk the aden. nother words (and hee my efton des on tat of Deehaye), ‘isnot hapographicsauthorpiarysimtocike asin by cleating thes finan butratheto makessint out ofthose who encoun hse The ery fon sich thsintentinds expression bs aiecedents an paren dsl pagan leraue, especially the vet. Thus, ike the atstie they describe, Chistian hagographers dl ot linea fa removed fom the world or fom elscl cary tualtons they woud sometimes ke stole