The Word in the Desert

The Word in the Desert
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Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages : 353
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ISBN-10 : 9780195083330
ISBN-13 : 0195083334
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Book Synopsis The Word in the Desert by : Douglas E. Christie

Download or read book The Word in the Desert written by Douglas E. Christie and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1993 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing scholarly debate in recent years on the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. This book explores the setting within which their early monastic movement emerged.


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