An Archaeology of Egyptian Monasticism
Louise Blanke
Yale Egyptological Institute, 2019
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A history of the White Monastery federation of Upper Egypt. Founded in the fourth century, the White Monastery communities form one of Coptic Christianity’s largest and longest-lived locations. The book reconstructs their story through archaeological and textual sources, and assesses their place within the world of Late Antiquity.
- ISBN-13
- 9781950343003
- ISBN-10
- 1950343006
- Publisher
- Yale Egyptological Institute
- Year
- 2019
- Publication date
- 2019-10-15
- Pages
- 244
- Dimensions
- 218x292x23
- Weight
- 1020