LEADER 03436nam 22007212 450 001 9910463109403321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-23305-4 010 $a1-107-35700-4 010 $a1-107-34363-1 010 $a1-107-34738-6 010 $a1-107-34113-2 010 $a1-107-34861-7 010 $a1-107-34488-3 010 $a1-139-03177-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000354196 035 $a(EBL)1139636 035 $a(OCoLC)843192067 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000871102 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11467395 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871102 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10819711 035 $a(PQKB)11509253 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139031776 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1139636 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1139636 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10695330 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL494721 035 $a(OCoLC)849939835 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000354196 100 $a20110223d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe "Anonymous" sayings of the Desert Fathers $ea select edition and complete English translation /$fedited and translated by John Wortley$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 651 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-108-43902-0 311 $a0-521-50988-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Note on the translation -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Text and translation -- Select bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThe Tales and Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum) are a key source of evidence for the practice and theory respectively of eremitic monasticism, a significant phenomenon within the early history of Christianity. The publication of this book finally ensures the availability of all three major collections which constitute the work, edited and translated into English. Richer in Tales than the 'Alphabetic' collection to which this is an appendix (both to be dated c.AD 500), the 'Anonymous' collection presented in this volume furnishes almost as much material for the study of the late antique world from which the monk sought to escape as it does for the monastic endeavour itself. More material continued to be added well into the seventh century and so the spread and gradual evolution of monasticism are illustrated here over a period of about two and a half centuries. 606 $aDesert Fathers$vQuotations 606 $aSpiritual life$xChristianity$vQuotations, maxims, etc 606 $aMonastic and religious life$vQuotations, maxims, etc 606 $aSpiritual life$xChristianity$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aMonastic and religious life$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aDesert Fathers 615 0$aSpiritual life$xChristianity 615 0$aMonastic and religious life 615 0$aSpiritual life$xChristianity 615 0$aMonastic and religious life 676 $a271.009/015 702 $aWortley$b John 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463109403321 996 $aThe "Anonymous" sayings of the Desert Fathers$92460271 997 $aUNINA