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Covering a wide range of Greek, Latin, and Oriental sources, the books are of interest to theologians, ancient historians, and specialists in the classical and Jewish worlds. Titles in the series include: Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism David Brakke (1995) Jerome’s Hebrew Questions on Genesis Translated with an introduction and commentary by C. T. R. Hayward (1995) Ambrose of Milan and the End of the Nicene–Arian Conflicts Daniel H. Williams (1995) Arnobius of Sicca Religious Conflict and Competition in the Age of Diocletian Michael Bland Simmons (1995) Gregory of Nyssa’s Treatise on the Inscriptions of the Psalms Ronald E. Heine (1995) Ascetics and Ambassadors of Christ The Monasteries of Palestine 314–631 John Binns (1994) paperback (1996) John of Scythopolis and the Dionysian corpus 1 of 3 22.1.2012 10:05 Title Pages : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement Oxf... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... Annotating the Areopagite Paul Rorem and John Lamoreaux (1998) Eusebius of Caesarea’s Commentary on Isaiah M. J. Hollerich (1999) Ascetic Eucharists Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals Andrew McGowan (1999) (p. iv ) This book has been printed digitally and produced in a standard specification in order to ensure its continuing availability Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan South Korea Poland Portugal Singapore Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © John Behr 2000 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) Reprinted 2007 All rights reserved. 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Their reflections, however, are embedded within writings concerned with larger theological issues, and can therefore only be comprehended fully from the theological perspective of each corpus. It has thus been necessary to examine in detail the theological visions, different as they are, of each author. While these studies can stand by themselves, they also substantiate a theological critique, examined in the introduction and the conclusion, of those approaches to the asceticism of late antiquity which overlook the theological perspective of the texts being used, treating them instead as raw, uninterpreted material for their own concerns—in the cases of M. Foucault and P. Brown, tracing the genealogy of the modern (sexual) subject. The works of these two authors might appear to be far more sensitive and sympathetic than the vitriolic pages of Gibbon and his epigones, and the characters which populate their pages more plausible than the emaciated fanatics who haunted earlier studies—and indeed, their works do have much to offer—but unless the texts upon which these histories are built are first examined as what they are, the resulting mirages will be no less our own projections. Clearly this also entails that the analyses in the present study, which examine how two writers engaged in their own polemics reflected upon the nature and place of human beings within God’s larger scheme, can be no more than episodes in the history of thought. The works of these writers say little, if anything, about the actual lives of real people in the second or third century. For this, other types of evidence—economic, legal, or artistic—are needed, each (p. viii ) requiring its own proper hermeneutic. But this is not a limitation; such reflections are capable of inspiring real people and transforming history. This work is a revised version of a thesis submitted to the University of Oxford in 1995. I would like to express my gratitude to Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia for gently guiding my research and reading my work and for his constant inspiration, and to all the others from whom I benefited so greatly while in Oxford, and to the British Academy for making those years possible. I would also like to thank Bishop Rowan Williams and Andrew Louth, my examiners, for their insightful suggestions about how the work might be revised, and the readers appointed by the editors of 1 of 2 22.1.2012 10:06 Preface : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement Oxford... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... Oxford Early Christian Studies for their comments. I have been fortunate in being able to explore some of the material contained here while teaching at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York; for this opportunity, and for their comments, I thank both my colleagues and my students. Finally, the publication of this work is the result of the diligent labours of the staff” at Oxford University Press, to whom my thanks. I would like to point out that, without wishing to minimize the problems involved, I have used the word ‘man’ throughout this work to refer to all human beings, male and female, and the human race considered generically. John Behr March 1999 PRINTED FROM OXFORD SCHOLARSHIP ONLINE (www.oxfordscholarship.com). (c) Copyright Oxford University Press, 2011. All Rights Reserved. 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For the works of Philo, I have used the abbreviations as given after the title in the Bibliography. AH Irenaeus, Against the Heresies (in the numeration of Massuet) Dem. Irenaeus, Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching EH Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History Exc. Th. Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto Paed. Clement of Alexandria, Paedagogus Prot. Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus QDS Clement of Alexandria, Quis Dives Salvetur Strom. Clement of Alexandria, Stromata SVF Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta, ed. J. Von Arnim journals and series 1 of 4 22.1.2012 10:06 Abbreviations : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement ... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... 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Gregorianum HJ Heythrop Journal (p. xi ) HTR Harvard Theological Review JAAR Journal of the American Academy of Religion JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies JEH Journal of Ecclesiastical History JRS Journal of Roman Studies JTS Journal of Theological Studies LCL Loeb Classical Library LV Lumière et Vie NAWG Nachrichten von der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen NPNF Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers NRT Nouvelle Revue Théologique OCP Orientalia Christiana Periodica OECT Oxford Early Christian Texts PG Patrologia Graeca 2 of 4 22.1.2012 10:06 Abbreviations : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement ... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... 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University Press Scholarship Online Quick search Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement John Behr Print publication date: 2000 Print ISBN-13: 9780198270003 Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198270003.001.0001 Introduction Chapter: (p. 1 ) IntroductionAsceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and ClementJohn Behr Source: Author(s): John Behr DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198270003.003.0001 Abstract and Keywords Asceticism addresses what we are as human beings and asks questions regarding the appropriate ways of realizing this in our lives. Christian asceticism is a significant part of modern Western civilization. Is Christian asceticism, though, a corruption of true Christianity? Is it intrinsic to Christian existence? How is it different from other types of asceticism? Christianity's ideals regarding virginity, abstinence, continence and other such issues have become issues because of its different representations and interpretations; these ideals have marked Christians as a ‘third race’. The specificity and distinctiveness of Christianity is found not in their practices, but in the ‘constitution of their citizenship’. This book looks into the continuity or lack of continuity between pagan Christian morality through investigating their conceptions of morality from philosophical and socio-historical viewpoints. Specifically, this book concentrates on Irenaeus of Lyons and Clement of Alexandria's understandings on asceticism. Keywords: asceticism, Christianity, ideals, third race, constitution, citizenship, morality, pagan, Irenaeus, Clement Although the term ‘asceticism’ tends to evoke images of emaciated fanatics populating long gone and far removed deserts, a wide range of contemporary popular culture and scholarship exhibits an intense attraction to, and interest in, asceticism; it is perhaps no surprise that a culture whose catchword is ‘Just say no’1 should have occasioned the first multi-disciplinary conference devoted to this subject.2 The phenomenon of asceticism is indeed a subject of perennial and universal interest. It brings into prominence fundamental questions concerning what, as human beings, we think we are and, intrinsically related to this, questions pertaining to what is the appropriate way, or ways, of realizing this in our lives. 1 of 12 22.1.2012 10:07

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Title Pages : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement Oxf... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... Biology Business and Management Classical Studies History Law Linguistics Mathematics Music Neuroscience Philosophy Physics Political Science Public Health and Religion Social Work Epidemiology Economics and Finance Literature Palliative Care Psychology Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement John Behr Print publication date: 2000 Print ISBN-13: 9780198270003 Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198270003.001.0001 Download Title Pages Source:Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (p. ii ) THE OXFORD EARLY CHRISTIAN STUDIES series includes scholarly volumes on the thought and history of the early Christian centuries. Covering a wide range of Greek, Latin, and Oriental sources, the books are of interest to theologians, ancient historians, and specialists in the classical and Jewish worlds. Titles in the series include: Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism David Brakke (1995) Jerome’s Hebrew Questions on Genesis Translated with an introduction and commentary by C. T. R. Hayward (1995) Ambrose of Milan and the End of the Nicene–Arian Conflicts Daniel H. Williams (1995) Arnobius of Sicca Religious Conflict and Competition in the Age of Diocletian Michael Bland Simmons (1995) Gregory of Nyssa’s Treatise on the Inscriptions of the Psalms Ronald E. Heine (1995) Ascetics and Ambassadors of Christ The Monasteries of Palestine 314–631 John Binns (1994) paperback (1996) John of Scythopolis and the Dionysian corpus 1 of 3 22.1.2012 10:05 Title Pages : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement Oxf... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... Annotating the Areopagite Paul Rorem and John Lamoreaux (1998) Eusebius of Caesarea’s Commentary on Isaiah M. J. Hollerich (1999) Ascetic Eucharists Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals Andrew McGowan (1999) (p. iv ) This book has been printed digitally and produced in a standard specification in order to ensure its continuing availability Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan South Korea Poland Portugal Singapore Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © John Behr 2000 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) Reprinted 2007 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover And you must impose this same condition on any acquirer ISBN 978-0-19-827000-3 Copyright©2011 Allrightsreserved 2 of 3 22.1.2012 10:05 Title Pages : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement Oxf... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... 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Their reflections, however, are embedded within writings concerned with larger theological issues, and can therefore only be comprehended fully from the theological perspective of each corpus. It has thus been necessary to examine in detail the theological visions, different as they are, of each author. While these studies can stand by themselves, they also substantiate a theological critique, examined in the introduction and the conclusion, of those approaches to the asceticism of late antiquity which overlook the theological perspective of the texts being used, treating them instead as raw, uninterpreted material for their own concerns—in the cases of M. Foucault and P. Brown, tracing the genealogy of the modern (sexual) subject. The works of these two authors might appear to be far more sensitive and sympathetic than the vitriolic pages of Gibbon and his epigones, and the characters which populate their pages more plausible than the emaciated fanatics who haunted earlier studies—and indeed, their works do have much to offer—but unless the texts upon which these histories are built are first examined as what they are, the resulting mirages will be no less our own projections. Clearly this also entails that the analyses in the present study, which examine how two writers engaged in their own polemics reflected upon the nature and place of human beings within God’s larger scheme, can be no more than episodes in the history of thought. The works of these writers say little, if anything, about the actual lives of real people in the second or third century. For this, other types of evidence—economic, legal, or artistic—are needed, each (p. viii ) requiring its own proper hermeneutic. But this is not a limitation; such reflections are capable of inspiring real people and transforming history. This work is a revised version of a thesis submitted to the University of Oxford in 1995. I would like to express my gratitude to Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia for gently guiding my research and reading my work and for his constant inspiration, and to all the others from whom I benefited so greatly while in Oxford, and to the British Academy for making those years possible. I would also like to thank Bishop Rowan Williams and Andrew Louth, my examiners, for their insightful suggestions about how the work might be revised, and the readers appointed by the editors of 1 of 2 22.1.2012 10:06 Preface : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement Oxford... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... Oxford Early Christian Studies for their comments. I have been fortunate in being able to explore some of the material contained here while teaching at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York; for this opportunity, and for their comments, I thank both my colleagues and my students. Finally, the publication of this work is the result of the diligent labours of the staff” at Oxford University Press, to whom my thanks. I would like to point out that, without wishing to minimize the problems involved, I have used the word ‘man’ throughout this work to refer to all human beings, male and female, and the human race considered generically. John Behr March 1999 PRINTED FROM OXFORD SCHOLARSHIP ONLINE (www.oxfordscholarship.com). (c) Copyright Oxford University Press, 2011. All Rights Reserved. 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For the works of Philo, I have used the abbreviations as given after the title in the Bibliography. AH Irenaeus, Against the Heresies (in the numeration of Massuet) Dem. Irenaeus, Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching EH Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History Exc. Th. Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto Paed. Clement of Alexandria, Paedagogus Prot. Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus QDS Clement of Alexandria, Quis Dives Salvetur Strom. Clement of Alexandria, Stromata SVF Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta, ed. J. Von Arnim journals and series 1 of 4 22.1.2012 10:06 Abbreviations : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement ... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... ACW Ancient Christian Writers ANF Ante-Nicene Fathers BKV Bibliothek der Kirchenvater CSCO Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum ECR Eastern Churches Review ETL Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses FC Fathers of the Church GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte GOTR Greek Orthodox Theological Review Greg. Gregorianum HJ Heythrop Journal (p. xi ) HTR Harvard Theological Review JAAR Journal of the American Academy of Religion JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies JEH Journal of Ecclesiastical History JRS Journal of Roman Studies JTS Journal of Theological Studies LCL Loeb Classical Library LV Lumière et Vie NAWG Nachrichten von der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen NPNF Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers NRT Nouvelle Revue Théologique OCP Orientalia Christiana Periodica OECT Oxford Early Christian Texts PG Patrologia Graeca 2 of 4 22.1.2012 10:06 Abbreviations : Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement ... http://www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/view/10... PO Patrologia Orientalis PTS Patristische Texte und Studien RAM Revue d’Ascétique et Mystique RB Revue Bénédictine REA Revue des Études Anciennes REG Revue des Études Grecques RSPhTh Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologiques RSR Recherches de Science Religieuse SC Sources Chrétiennes SJT Scottish Journal of Theology SM Studia Moralia St. Patr. Studia Patristica SVTQ Saint Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly TS Theological Studies TSK Theologische Studien und Kritiken TU Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur TZ Theologische Zeitschrift VC Vigiliae Christianae ZKG Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte ZKT Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie ZNTW Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der Urchristentums ZTK Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche (p. xii ) PRINTED FROM OXFORD SCHOLARSHIP ONLINE (www.oxfordscholarship.com). (c) Copyright Oxford University Press, 2011. All Rights Reserved. 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University Press Scholarship Online Quick search Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement John Behr Print publication date: 2000 Print ISBN-13: 9780198270003 Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198270003.001.0001 Introduction Chapter: (p. 1 ) IntroductionAsceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and ClementJohn Behr Source: Author(s): John Behr DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198270003.003.0001 Abstract and Keywords Asceticism addresses what we are as human beings and asks questions regarding the appropriate ways of realizing this in our lives. Christian asceticism is a significant part of modern Western civilization. Is Christian asceticism, though, a corruption of true Christianity? Is it intrinsic to Christian existence? How is it different from other types of asceticism? Christianity's ideals regarding virginity, abstinence, continence and other such issues have become issues because of its different representations and interpretations; these ideals have marked Christians as a ‘third race’. The specificity and distinctiveness of Christianity is found not in their practices, but in the ‘constitution of their citizenship’. This book looks into the continuity or lack of continuity between pagan Christian morality through investigating their conceptions of morality from philosophical and socio-historical viewpoints. Specifically, this book concentrates on Irenaeus of Lyons and Clement of Alexandria's understandings on asceticism. Keywords: asceticism, Christianity, ideals, third race, constitution, citizenship, morality, pagan, Irenaeus, Clement Although the term ‘asceticism’ tends to evoke images of emaciated fanatics populating long gone and far removed deserts, a wide range of contemporary popular culture and scholarship exhibits an intense attraction to, and interest in, asceticism; it is perhaps no surprise that a culture whose catchword is ‘Just say no’1 should have occasioned the first multi-disciplinary conference devoted to this subject.2 The phenomenon of asceticism is indeed a subject of perennial and universal interest. It brings into prominence fundamental questions concerning what, as human beings, we think we are and, intrinsically related to this, questions pertaining to what is the appropriate way, or ways, of realizing this in our lives. 1 of 12 22.1.2012 10:07

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