Death of the Desert Monastic Memory and the Loss of Egypt's Golden Age |
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| Author:
| Luckritz Marquis, Christine |
| Series title: | Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-5362-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2022 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Death of the Desert offers a fresh examination of Archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria's banishment of the so-called Tall Brothers, four Origenist monks who led monastic communities in the western Egyptian desert, and brings into dialogue narrative strands that have largely been separated in the scholarly tradition.
Death of the Desert offers a fresh examination of Archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria's banishment of the so-called Tall Brothers, four Origenist monks who led monastic communities in the western Egyptian desert, and brings into dialogue narrative strands that have largely been separated in the scholarly tradition.