Book contents
- Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism
- Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Finding Children
- Chapter 1 Documenting the Undocumented
- Chapter 2 The Language of Childhood
- Part II Representations
- Part III A Social History
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Names and Subjects
Chapter 2 - The Language of Childhood
from Part I - Finding Children
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
Book contents
- Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism
- Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Finding Children
- Chapter 1 Documenting the Undocumented
- Chapter 2 The Language of Childhood
- Part II Representations
- Part III A Social History
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Names and Subjects
Summary
Sources for children in early Egyptian monasteries are primarily textual. This chapter discusses the terms used to refer to children in monastic documents from Egypt written in Greek and Coptic. The language is often ambiguous, with terms that can refer to child or enslaved person in Greek, and terms in Coptic that may refer to familial relationships (sons and daughters) or monastic status or rank (new monks) or age (minor children). A methodology is established for assessing the presence of minor children and adolescents based on the language of the written sources.
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- Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism , pp. 50 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020