Letters and asceticism in fourth-century Egypt /

Letters and asceticism in fourth-century Egypt /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McNary-Zak, Bernadette.
Imprint:	Lanham [Md.] : University Press of America, c2000.
Description:	xvii, 142 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Monastic and religious life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Ascetics -- Egypt -- Correspondence. Monks -- Egypt -- Correspondence. Bishops -- Egypt -- Correspondence. Asceticism -- Early church. Ascetics. Bishops. Monastic and religious life -- Early church. Monks. Egypt. History. Records and correspondence.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4236203

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ISBN:	0761816216 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-139) and index.

Table of Contents:

I. Early Egyptian Letters: A Preliminary Survey
II. Antony and His Followers
III. Pachomius and His Successors
IV. The Episcopal Perspective
V. Asceticism in the Letters and in Other Sources.