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The Desert a City: An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian and Palestian Monasticism Under the Christian Empire by Derwas James Chitty

The Desert a City: An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian and Palestian Monasticism Under the Christian Empire

Derwas James Chitty

240 pages first pub 1977 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative medium-paced
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A classic study of early Christian monasticsm. Combines detailed scholarship with vivid writing in its description of the golden age of Egyptian monasticism and its founders. It follows the development of monastic life to the end of the fourth cen...

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