Words to live by
Subtitle: journeys in ancient and modern Egyptian monasticism
By: by Tim Vivian ; with the assistance of Apostolos N. Athanassakis, Maged S.A. Mikhail, and Birger A. Pearson.
Contributors: Athanassakis, Apostolos N.; Mikhail, Maged S. A.; Pearson, Birger Albert.
Series: Cistercian studies series ;; no. 207
Publisher: Cistercian Publications; Liturgical Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Kalamazoo, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780879076573
Subjects: Vivian, Tim -- Travel; Monastic and religious life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Sources; Monastic and religious life -- Egypt -- History -- Sources; Monastic and religious life -- Egypt; Egypt -- Description and travel
Genres: Sources.
Description: "Personal accounts of journeys to present-day monasteries in Egypt and translations of ancient monastic texts"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Words to live by; title: The monasteries of the Wadi al-Natrun : a personal & monastic journey; title: A journey to the interior : the monasteries of Saint Antony and Saint Paul by the Red Sea; title: The good God, the Holy Power, and the Paraclete : ad filios Dei (to the sons of God) from Saint Macarius the Great; title: Saint Paul of Tamma and the life of the cell; title: The life of Paul of Tamma; title: Four short works; title: On the cell; title: Monks, middle Egypt, and Metanoia : the life of Apa Phib; title: Humility and resistance in late antique Egypt : the life of Longinus; title: The ascetic discourse of Stephen of Thebes; title: Holy men and businessmen : monks as intercessors in fourth-century Egypt.