Ascetics and Ambassadors of Christ: The Monasteries of Palestine 314-631Oxford University Press
John Binns
ISBN: 019826934X
price: $35.00 paperback
In this book, Binns examines the monastic movement in
Palestine during the Byzantine period, from the accession of
Constantine to the fall of Jerusalem to the Persians in 614. The
monasteries of the desert--in Jerusalem, Egypt, and Syria--played
an influential role in Byzantine society, and the "desert
fathers" are well known even today as key figures in the
history of Christian spirituality. Binns uses contemporary
sources to discuss both how the monks actually lived, and their
contributions to doctrinal and spiritual debates.
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