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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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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vivian, Tim
- Series:
- Cistercian studies series ; no. 207.
- Cistercian studies series ; no. 207
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Vivian, Tim.
- Monastic and religious life--History--Early church, ca. 30-600--Sources.
- Monastic and religious life.
- Monastic and religious life--Egypt--History--Sources.
- Vivian, Tim--Travel.
- Travel.
- History.
- Egypt--Description and travel.
- Egypt.
- Monastic and religious life--Egypt.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, [2005]
- Contents:
- 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 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.
- Notes:
- Map on p. [2] and [3] of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-416) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0879076577
- OCLC:
- 61123013
- Publisher Number:
- 9780879076573
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