The Desert A City: An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian and Palestinian Monasticism Under the Christian Empire

St. Vladimir Seminary Press
Lorenzo Scupoli and Derwas Chitty
ISBN: 0913836451
price: $13.95  

This classic study of early Christian monasticism combines detailed scholarship with vivid writing in its description of the golden age of Egyptian monasticism and its founders. It follows the development of monastic life to the end of the fourth century. With an account of the monastic history of Mount Sinai.