| 34. Palladius: The Lausiac History Contributor(s): Meyer, Robert T. (Commentaries by), Meyer, Robert T. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0809100835 ISBN-13: 9780809100835 Publisher: Newman Press OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1965 Annotation: A monumental project which brings the English-speaking work key selections from the remarkable literature of early Christianity -- vertiable trasures of Christian faith and theology in superb translations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Religion | Christian Church - General - Religion | Monasticism |
| Dewey: 271.093 |
| LCCN: 65018184 |
| Series: Ancient Christian Writers |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.68" W x 8.76" (1.11 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Palladius has written an important history of early monasticism in Egypt with these biographic sketches or notes on some sixty holy men and women he had met or heard of. The work, dating from 419 or 420, is dedicated to Lausus, the royal chamberlain at the court of Emperor Theodosius II. |