TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ward,Benedicta
TI  - Harlots of the desert: a study of repentance in early monastic sources 
T2  - Cistercian studies series
SN  - 087907406X
U1  - 234.509015/WAR 
PY  - 1987///
CY  - Kalamazoo, MI
PB  - Cistercian Publications
KW  - Ex-prostitutes
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Middle East
KW  - History
KW  - Nuns
KW  - Repentance
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
N1  - Includes translations of Latin texts selected from the Vitae patrum; Includes bibliographies and index; The theme of repentance --
St Mary Magdalene; the biblical model of repentance --
St Mary of Egypt: the liturgical icon of repentance --
Pelagia; beauty riding by --
Thais; how to receive a gift --
Maria the niece of Abraham; an image of salvation
ER  -