Table Of ContentFrom Monastery
to Hospital
From Monastery
to Hospital
Christian Monasticism
& the Lransformation of Lealth Care
in Late Antiquity
Andrew F. Crislip
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Acknowledgments
Many pouple hans: contributed to bringing this bnok te sompletion. 1
‘would fist le to thank Bentley Layton, who served as the adviser for the
lissertation om which this bank is based. Hisenthusiastn for the praject his
Delief in the importance of my research: and his untising work as a evithe
sournling bag. ane! guid have improved this study immeasurably, Many
othets have read part or all of the manuscript or have graciously endured
its ral pre
sabato in warions foruns, Theirs iss lv buat saved
ftom several mistakes and opened my eyes to new approaches and histori
val connections, fr particular 1 syoul Tike ay Uhank Maral Auridy,
Stephen Emael. Ana Bllis Hansoa, Lisle Mastin, and lohn Matthews. 1
would au Tike 16 thank the tye anouyinons readers for the University af
‘Michigan Uress for their erudite and thoughtful comments, Much of my ce
search has ulilisd us yot unpublished manuscripts of Shennute, for which
I have depended on transcriptions generously provided by a number of
scholurs. Lam grateful far the use of manuscript transeriplinns by Anne
Boudhors, Stephen Eounel Shalane Hansen, Kees
Krawiec, Bentley
Layton, Tith Orlandi, Elizahcth Penland, ane! Desight Young, Cauk Cee
tercian Publications for permission to: quote from Armand vellleus, Pach
miare Koinonia anal the Ribligth?que Nationzle dy Vrang 1 gly hake
Seote Allen for draving the maps,
My rssaralt has heen facilitated by financial support frown 4 varity af
sources, | would like to thank Yale University for providing me with gener
‘ous Hinunsial sssishane in The form of a fohn Perry Millyr Resech Grant,
a ohn Enders'avel Grancanda Whiting Dissertation Fellowship, ach of
which espalited the reswarch froin which this bok is driven, Tal Tank.
the Department of Religious Studies at Yale and the Department of Keli
gion, University of HLawa¥i al Manoa, far their infelleciual support. 1am
iedgmente vi
especially grateful to the University of Hawai j Research Relations bund,
which has generously supported the presentation af my research al na
tional conferences and my summer research in Egypt. would also like to
express iny deep gratilude to the Dumbarton Ouks Resuarch Lilirary for a
fellowship in Byzantine Studies in Uall 2004. which afforded me both time
sand resuroes finish the ook,
Finally, [would like to thank nny wite, Heather, for her loving kindle
coud
Failing support throughout the long yoars of researeliing and sril-
ing this book.
Contents
Abbreviations
Tutraduction:
cHapten | ‘Te Monastir Hlth Cave Systems
ustivutivus aud Methods
Hav ieR 2 Monastic Ue Care in a Functional Contest
‘The Monastery as a Surrogate Family
coaprun 3 The Saciai World af Monastic Sickness and Hert!
crrapton 4 Monnsuisisee and she Birth of te Hospital
Roles
Biblivgraghy
Indes
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Abbreviations
Ancient and modern sources ate abbreviated according to the SBL Sele
Nsaoak (Peaboly, Mass: Mendricksan, yiashs GWT, Fampe, 4 Pais
tie Groek Lexicon ‘Oxford: Clatendon. 1961, ix lit and H. G. Liddell and
R, Scott, AG
sk-Englist Lexicon (Onions Clarendon, 996}, seal, Pa-
pytiare sted according to the Checks uf Blo of eck, Laie, Dement,
and Coptic Papyri Ostet, ated Tablets, sth ed. ly abn P, Oates, Roger
agnall, Sarah J. Clacksont, Alesandea A. Brien, Joshua D. Sosin'lerry G.
Willong, andl Kiss A. Wore, Bulletin of the American Sociely of Papyaol
‘ogiats Supplements 9 {np.: American Society of Fapyrologists,an01}. Other
cited texts are abbreviated Fallows,
ACW Ancignt Chistian Writers
Amél F. Amelineau, Oewrer de Schenoudi, 2 0
Pat. talph) —— Apophthegmete Parra, alphabetical collection.
yph.Peat, fanor.i— Apophihegnata Uatrums, anonymous collection
Aue, Reg. Augustine of Tipps, Ree
Basil, Ep. asi] of Caesarea, Letters
Basil, RB Basil of Cacserea, Shorter Riles
Basil, Re basil of Caesatea, Longer Rites
Cistercian Studies
Corpus scriptorum christianorum orientalium
Corpus scriploriuin eccksiasticorum Ianocum,
Classics of Western Spirituality
The Letter of Ammons
Die griechische christliche schritstellar dee ersten
[bre Jahrhundert
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Pachomins, Precepts and Lavis
Pachamnius, Precis
Paladins, Lausiae Hisiory
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Patrologia latina
Patrologia crientalis
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