The Monk and the Book: Jerome and the Making of Christian Scholarship

by Megan Hale Williams

Book Overview

In the West, monastic ideals and scholastic pursuits are complementary; monks are popularly imagined copying classics, preserving learning through the Middle Ages, and establishing the first universities. But this dual identity is not without its contradictions. While monasticism emphasizes the virtues of poverty, chastity, and humility, the scholar, by contrast, requires expensive infrastructure--a library, a workplace, and the means of disseminating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022621530X
• ISBN13: 9780226215303
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"