The Word in the desert : scripture and the quest for holiness in early Christian monasticism /

The growing scholarly attention in recent years to the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by the strange, compelling, often obscure early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. Yet until now, little attention has been given to one of the most...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Christie, Douglas E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
30-600
Monasticism and religious orders > Egypt > History.
Monasticism and religious orders > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Égypte > Histoire.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Monasticism and religious orders.
Monasticism and religious orders > Early church.
Bijbel.
Anachoreten.
Egypt > Church history.
Égypte > Histoire religieuse.
Egypt.
Monasticism > History
Egypt
Church history.
History.
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