The Lives of the Monks of Paulestine: Volume 114

by Cyril of Scythopolis, R M Price (Translator), John Binns (Introduction), John Binns (Noted by)

Overview

During the later fifth and early sixth centuries the most creative developments in Eastern Christian monasticism occurred not in Egypt or in Syria, but in Palestine, through the work of St Euthymius and St Sabas. Cyril recounts their lives with striking vividness. He writes as an insider, basing himself carefully on the evidence of those who knew the two saints personally and describing with unusual topographical accuracy the monastic world in which he was himself living. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879079147
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	11/01/1991
Series:	Cistercian Studies , #114
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	784,271
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 8.48(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

R.M. Price, a priest of the Westminster Dioceses, lectured on the History of Christianity at Heythrop College, University of London. 

 

Editorial Reviews

Highly recommended for librarians and scholars interested in the histories of Palestinian monasticism and the Jerusalem church when they were at the height of their power and prestige.
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