Symeon the holy fool : Leontius's Life and the late antique city

Derek Krueger. Revised From The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--princeton University, 1991. The Appendix To This Volume Contains The First English Translation Of Leontius's Life Of Symeon The Fool.--p. 4. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [173]-191) And Index. Frontmatter Acknowledgments (page xiii) Abbreviations (page xv) I · Leontius of Neapolis and Seventh-century Cypru (page 1) II · Leontius and His Sources (page 19) III · Symeon and Lake Antique Hagiography (page 36) IV · Holy Fools and Secret Saints (page 57) V · Diogenes in Late Antiquity (page 72) VI · Symeon and the Cynics (page 90) VII · Symeon in Emesa, Jesus in Jerusalem (page 108) VIII · Conclusion: Cynics, Christians, and Holy Fools (page 126) Bibliography (page 173) Index (page 193) This study of Leontius of Neapolis fleshes out a broad picture of the religious, intellectual and social environment in which the "Life of Symeon the Fool" was created and opens a window onto the Christian religious imagination at the end of late antiquity.