Ascetics, Society, and the Desert

Ascetics, Society, and the Desert
Author: James E. Goehring
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1999-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781563382697


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Through rigorous examination of papyrological documentary sources, archaeology, and traditional literary sources, James Goehring gradually forces a new direction in understanding the evolution of monasticism. He ably transforms these sources into a clear narrative, thereby infusing the history of Egyptian monasticism with renewed energy.


Ascetics, Society, and the Desert
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: James E. Goehring
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-05-01 - Publisher: A&C Black

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Through rigorous examination of papyrological documentary sources, archaeology, and traditional literary sources, James Goehring gradually forces a new directio
Ascetics, society, and the desert : studies in early Egyptian monasticism
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: James E. Goehring
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:

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Writing and Communication in Early Egyptian Monasticism
Language: en
Pages: 253
Authors: Malcolm Choat
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-06 - Publisher: BRILL

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As senders of letters, copyists of literary texts, compilers of accounts, readers, and teachers, the monks of late antique Egypt articulated their interactions
Desert Christians
Language: en
Pages: 513
Authors: William Harmless
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-06-17 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In this book, William Harmless provides an accessible introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond. He introduces the reader to the
Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: Caroline T. Schroeder
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-17 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This is the first book-length study of children in one of the birthplaces of early Christian monasticism, Egypt. Although comprised of men and women who had ren