Asceticism and society in crisis
Subtitle: John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern saints
By: Susan Ashbrook Harvey.
Series: The Transformation of the classical heritage ;; 18
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: John, Bishop of Ephesus, ca. 507-586; Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Christian saints -- Middle East -- Biography -- History and criticism; Jacobites (Syrian Christians) -- Biography; Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500; Monophysites -- Middle East -- History
Notes: Bibliography: p. [199]-218.
Based on the author's thesis.
Includes index.
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