The Lives of the Desert Fathers

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Eyewitness accounts of the lives and teachings of the fourth-century Desert Fathers from the Historia monachorum in Aegypto. Dedication Acknowledgments Contents Abbreviations Map of the Journey into Egypt Introduction I. The Historia Monachorum in Aegypto: Text and Sources II. ‘Those by Whom the World is Kept in Being': The Social Aspects of the Text III. The Monastic Pattern in Egypt IV. The Single Eye: The Ideals and Insights of Monastic Egypt V. A Sense of Wonder: Miracles of the Desert The Lives of the Desert Fathers Prologue I John of Lycopolis II Or III Ammon IV Bes V Oxyrhynchus VI Theon VII Elias VIII Apollo IX Amoun X Copres Patermuthius XI Sourous XII Helle XIII Apelles John XIV Paphnutius XV Pityrion XVI Eulogius XVII Isidore XVIII Sarapion XIX Apollonius XX Dioscorus Nitria XXI Macarius XXII Amoun XXIII Macarius of Alexandria XXIV Paul XXV Piammonas XXVI John Epilogue Notes on the Text The Additions of Rufinus The Syriac Version Bibliography Chronological Table Index of Persons and Places Subject Index