The Spiritual Meadow: By John Moschos Volume 139

by John Wortley (Translator)

Overview

'I have plucked the finest flowers of the unmown meadow and worked them into a row which I now offer to you', wrote John Moschos as he began his tales of the holy men of seventh-century Palestine and Egypt. This translation offers readers contemporary insights into the spirituality of the desert.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879075392
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Series:	Cistercian Studies , #139
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.67(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

John Wortley is emeritus professor at the University of Manitoba and an Anglican priest. His previous publications include The Book of the Elders, Paul of Monembasia, and The Spiritual Meadow (all from Cistercian Publications) as well as Skylitzes’ Synopsis of Byzantine History and The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers, both from Cambridge University Press.