Journal article
The healing shrines of St Phoibammon: Evidence of cult activity in Coptic legal documents
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A group of 8th century Coptic child donation documents addressed to the monastery of Apa Phoibammon on the mountain of Jeme in Upper Egypt has been the subject of much discussion. The exclusively male children donated by their parents have always been understood as gifts to the monastery itself, a place where they were, however, not intended to grow up as monks, but to remain as lifelong servants. The reason stated for these donations were miracle healings granted by Apa Phoibammon, the patro...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Accepted manuscript
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- De Gruyter Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum Journal website
- Volume:
- 20
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 496–523
- Publication date:
- 2016-12-16
- DOI:
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1612-961X
- ISSN:
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0949-9571
- URN:
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uuid:b835c21e-a658-4bf3-9675-fc325ea8bf69
- Source identifiers:
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631801
- Local pid:
- pubs:631801
- Paper number:
- 3
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- De Gruyter
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- © De Gruyter 2016. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from De Gruyter at: 10.1515/zac-2016-0044
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