The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers: A Select Edition and Complete

Description: 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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EAN: 9781108439022

UPC: 9781108439022

ISBN: 9781108439022

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Item Length: 22.9 cm

Book Title: The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers: a Select Edition and Complete English Translation

Item Height: 230mm

Item Width: 152mm

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Format: Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Religious History, Christianity, History

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Year: 2017

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 970g

Number of Pages: 659 Pages