John Cassian and the reading of Egyptian monastic culture /

This book examines the method of meditative reading encouraged by John Cassian (c. 360-435) in his ascetic writings, the bulk of which are fictive dialogues that purportedly record the instruction he had received from Egyptial Christian monks. This instruction was at its core an interactive experien...

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Main Author: Driver, Steven D., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2002.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781136707971
1136707972
9781315023649
1315023644
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central