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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 century. Includes an account of the monastic history of Mount Sinai.Chitty, Derwas J. is the author of 'Desert a City An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian and Palestian Monasticism Under the Christian Empire', published 1997 under ISBN 9780913836453 and ISBN 0913836451.
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