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9781139031776
Content:
The Tales and Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum) are a key source of evidence for the practice and theory respectively of eremitic monasticism, a significant phenomenon within the early history of Christianity. The publication of this book finally ensures the availability of all three major collections which constitute the work, edited and translated into English. Richer in Tales than the 'Alphabetic' collection to which this is an appendix (both to be dated c.AD 500), the 'Anonymous' collection presented in this volume furnishes almost as much material for the study of the late antique world from which the monk sought to escape as it does for the monastic endeavour itself. More material continued to be added well into the seventh century and so the spread and gradual evolution of monasticism are illustrated here over a period of about two and a half centuries.
Content:
Acknowledgements -- Note on the translation -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Text and translation -- Select bibliography -- Index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521509886
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521509886
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als The anonymous sayings of the Desert Fathers Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2013 ISBN 9780521509886
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521509886
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Ägypten
;
Mönchtum
;
Spiritualität
;
Quelle
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139031776
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