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The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers

A Select Edition and Complete English Translation

by Translate Edited An

  • Paperback
  • 659 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 3.4 cm

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For those interested in early Christian monasticism

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This book offers a complete English translation of the profound sayings of the Desert Fathers.

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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.
The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers and The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings: Volume 1, God
The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings: Volume 1, GodThe Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    November 2017

  • Weight

    868g

  • Page Count

    659

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 3.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108439022

  • ISBN-10

    1108439020

  • Eden Code

    4535010

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