James E. Goehring is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion at Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA.
."..this top-notch collection of articles offers readers
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Vivian, reviewing for Religious Studies Review, October
1999--Sanford Lakoff "Religious Studies Review "
"Lucidly written, convincingly argued, and altogether engaging,
this book is a must for anyone interested in understanding the
development of early Egyptian monasticism according to the latest
scholarship and in appropriating for herself or himself a solid
methodology for interpreting its literary sources." Cassian
DelCogliano, OCSO/St. Joseph s Abbey, reviewing for Cistercian
Studies Quarterly, 36.1 (2000)--Sanford Lakoff "Cistercian Studies
Quarterly "
"This exceptionally fine collection of previously published essays
offers a lucid account of early monastic organizations in Egypt,
with nuanced attention to the power of rhetoric in shaping history.
Readers old and new have much to (re)discover in this book..."
Georgia Frank, Colgate University, reviewing for Church History,
March 2000--Sanford Lakoff "Church History "
Challenges all monastics to reshape the way they understand the
origins and development of their own monastic history... A
necessary book for any monastic library.--Matthias Neuman, O.S.B.,
Meinrad Archabbey, "American Benedictine Review "
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