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    Amphilochius of Iconium and Lycaonian Asceticism by Thonemann, P

    Published 2011
    “…Non-orthodox Christian asceticism in Late Antiquity is known to us largely through the distorting lens of orthodox heresiology. …”
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    Asceticism in some Indo-European traditions by Allen, N

    Published 2005
    “…The paper compares the periods of asceticism or privation that precede journeys to heaven, or transitions to some other sort of salvation, in four narratives: Mahabharata book 3, Odyssey books 5-6, the Wasting Sickness of Cuchulainn, and the story of the Buddha's enlightenment. …”
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    Asceticism in Old English and Syriac Soul and Body Narratives by Katayoun Torabi

    Published 2020-08-01
    “…The seemingly unorthodox elements are resolved when read against the backdrop of pre-Conquest English monastic reform culture, which was very much concerned with penance, asceticism, death, and judgment. Focusing especially on two anonymous 10th-century Old English poems, <i>Soul and Body I</i> in the <i>Vercelli Book</i> and <i>Soul and Body II</i> in the <i>Exeter Book</i>, I argue that that both body and soul bear equal responsibility in achieving salvation and that the work of salvation must be performed before death, a position that was reinforced in early English monastic literature that was inspired, at least in part, by Eastern ascetics such as fourth-century Syrian hymnologist and theologian, St. …”
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