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010 _a 2004000097
020 _a0195162234 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aHarmless, William,
_d1953-
245 1 0 _aDesert Christians :
_ban introduction to the literature of early monasticism /
_cWilliam Harmless.
260 _aOxford, UK ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2004.
300 _axxiv, 488 p. :
_billus., maps ; pbk ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _a Roman Egypt -- Patriarchs, councils, and controversies: 300-451 -- The life of Antony: text and context -- The life of Antony: themes and influence -- Pachomius -- The Apophthegmata Patrum: text and context -- The Apophthegmata Patrum: portraits -- Apophthegmata Patrum: themes -- The histories -- Evagrius Ponticus: ascetical theory -- Evagrius Ponticus: mystical theology -- John Cassian -- Monastic origins: perspectives, discoveries, and disrupted questions.
520 _aIn this book, William Harmless provides an accessible introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond. He introduces the reader to the major figures and literary texts, as well as offering an up-to-date survey of current questions and scholarship in the field. The text is enhanced by the inclusion of chronologies, maps, outlines, illustrations, and bibliographies. The book will not only serve as a text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on early Christianity, the Desert Fathers, and Christian asceticism, but it should stimulate further research by making the fruits of recent scholarship more readily and widely available.
650 0 _aDesert Fathers.
650 0 _aChristian literature, Early
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aMonastic and religious life
_xHistory
_yEarly church, ca. 30-600.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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