An Introduction to the Desert Fathers Theresa Puskar Delbanco uncovers autobiographical traces throughout

Delbanco uncovers autobiographical traces throughout Melville’s work

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An Introduction to the Desert Fathers Theresa Puskar Delbanco uncovers autobiographical traces throughoutChristian monasticism emerged in the Egyptian deserts in the fourth century AD. This introduction explores its origins and subsequent development and what it aimed to achieve, including the obstacles that it encountered; for the most part making use of the monks' own words as they are preserved (in Greek) primarily in the so called Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Mainly focussing on monastic settlements in the Nitrian Desert (especially at Sct), it