Condemning the Glutton of the Monastery: Rhetorical Strategies and the Epistemology of Philoxenos of Mabbug

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Jeanne-Nicole MellonSaint-LaurentCondemning the Glutton of the Monastery: Rhetorical Strategies and the Epistemology of Philoxenos of Mabbughttp://syriaca.org/cbss/37UYXWKPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/37UYXWKPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/37UYXWKPLewisAyresMichael W.ChampionMatthew R.CrawfordThe Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical TraditionsCambridgeCambridge University Press2023516-529In his discourse <i>On Gluttony</i>, the Syrian metropolitan Philoxenos of Mabbug shows that a glutton’s behaviour and attitude towards food and drink are rooted in false epistemologies of the self and God. This chapter shows that within this discourse Philoxenos tells the story of a gluttonous monk. By studying this embedded narrative of an imagined gluttonous monk, this chapter uncovers how Philoxenos uses rhetorical strategies to advance his thesis about the danger of gluttony: it perverts the monk and prevents the knowledge of God. Gluttony leads to heresy and death. Saint-Laurent, Jeanne-Nicole Mellon. “Condemning the Glutton of the Monastery: Rhetorical Strategies and the Epistemology of Philoxenos of Mabbug.” In The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions, edited by Lewis Ayres, Michael W. Champion, and Matthew R. Crawford, 516–29. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, Condemning the Glutton of the Monastery: Rhetorical Strategies and the Epistemology of Philoxenos of Mabbug, in The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions, ed. Lewis Ayres, Michael W. Champion, and Matthew R. Crawford (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), 516–29.IV-VII CEJacobitesPhiloxenus of MabbugVI CEasceticismfood