The Word in the Desert : Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in Early Christian Monasticism.
Growing scholarly debate in recent years on the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. This book explores the setting within which their early monastic movement emerged.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1994.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Growing scholarly debate in recent years on the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. This book explores the setting within which their early monastic movement emerged. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (353 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780195359411 0195359410 9780195083330 0195083334 |