An introduction to the Desert Fathers /
Wortley, John,
An introduction to the Desert Fathers / John Wortley. - xxiv, 190 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Desert Fathers -- Beginnings -- Becoming a monk -- Impediments to progress -- The object of the exercise -- Prayer -- Discretion -- Work -- Eating and drinking -- Hospitality and neighbourliness -- Women in the desert -- Literacy -- Heresy -- The Pachomian experiment.
"Christian monasticism emerged in the Egyptian deserts in the fourth century AD. This introduction explores its origins and subsequent development and what it aimed to achieve, including the obstacles that it encountered, for the most part making use of the monks' own words as they are preserved (in Greek) primarily in the so-called Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Mainly focussing on monastic settlements in the Nitrian desert (especially at Sc©®t©®), it asks how the monks prayed, ate, drank and slept, as well as how they discharged their obligations both to earn their own living by handiwork and to exercise hospitality. It also discusses the monks' degree of literacy, as well as women in the desert and Pachomius and his monasteries in Upper Egypt. Written in straightforward language, the book is accessible to all students and scholars, and anyone with a general interest in this important and fascinating phenomenon"--
9781108481021 1108481027 9781108703727 1108703720
2019000694
GBB9B2687 bnb
019444629 Uk
Desert Fathers.
Monasticism and religious orders--History--Egypt--Early church, ca. 30-600.
BR190 / .W675 2019
271.009/015
An introduction to the Desert Fathers / John Wortley. - xxiv, 190 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Desert Fathers -- Beginnings -- Becoming a monk -- Impediments to progress -- The object of the exercise -- Prayer -- Discretion -- Work -- Eating and drinking -- Hospitality and neighbourliness -- Women in the desert -- Literacy -- Heresy -- The Pachomian experiment.
"Christian monasticism emerged in the Egyptian deserts in the fourth century AD. This introduction explores its origins and subsequent development and what it aimed to achieve, including the obstacles that it encountered, for the most part making use of the monks' own words as they are preserved (in Greek) primarily in the so-called Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Mainly focussing on monastic settlements in the Nitrian desert (especially at Sc©®t©®), it asks how the monks prayed, ate, drank and slept, as well as how they discharged their obligations both to earn their own living by handiwork and to exercise hospitality. It also discusses the monks' degree of literacy, as well as women in the desert and Pachomius and his monasteries in Upper Egypt. Written in straightforward language, the book is accessible to all students and scholars, and anyone with a general interest in this important and fascinating phenomenon"--
9781108481021 1108481027 9781108703727 1108703720
2019000694
GBB9B2687 bnb
019444629 Uk
Desert Fathers.
Monasticism and religious orders--History--Egypt--Early church, ca. 30-600.
BR190 / .W675 2019
271.009/015