Compare Desert Christians by William Harmless, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

In this book, William Harmless provides an accessible introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond. He introduces the reader to the major figures and literary texts, as well as offering an up-to-date survey of current questions and scholarship in the field. Thetext is enhanced by the inclusion of chronologies, maps, outlines, illustrations, and bibliographies. The book will not only serve as a text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on early Christianity, the Desert Fathers, and Christian asceticism, but it should stimulate further researchby making the fruits of recent scholarship more readily and widely available. | Desert Christians by William Harmless, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters