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

Derwas J. Chitty

222 pages • first pub 1966 (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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