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The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers - A Select Edition and Complete English Translation (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,197
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The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers - A Select Edition and Complete English Translation (Hardcover): John Wortley

The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers - A Select Edition and Complete English Translation (Hardcover)

John Wortley

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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.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2013
First published: May 2013
Editors: John Wortley
Dimensions: 234 x 158 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 658
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-50988-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism
Books > Christianity > Christian life & practice
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LSN: 0-521-50988-2
Barcode: 9780521509886

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