Words to live by : journeys in ancient and modern Egyptian monasticism / by Tim Vivian ; with the assistance of Apostolos N. Athanassakis, Maged S.A. Mikhail and Birger A. Pearson.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Undetermined Series: Cistercian studies series ; no. 207Publication details: Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, c2005.Description: xxxii, 430 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN: - 0879076577 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780879076573 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- BR190Â .V58 2005
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Map on p. [2] and [3] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-416) and index.
Words to live by -- The monasteries of the Wadi al-Natrun, Egypt : a monastic and personal journey -- A journey to the interior : the monasteries of Saint Antony and Saint Paul by the Red Sea -- The good God, the Holy Power, and the Paraclete : ad filios Dei (to the sons of God) by Saint Macarius the Great -- Saint Paul of Tamma and the life of the cell -- The life of Paul of Tamma -- Four short works -- On the cell -- Monks, middle Egypt, and Metanoia : the life of Apa Phib -- Humility and resistance in late antique Egypt : the life of Longinus -- The ascetic discourse of Stephen of Thebes -- Holy men and businessmen : monks as intercessors in fourth-century Egypt.
"Personal accounts of journeys to present-day monasteries in Egypt and translations of ancient monastic texts"--Provided by publisher.
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