Pachomius, Volume 6: The Making of a Community in Fourth-Century Egypt by Philip Rousseau

Pachomius, Volume 6: The Making of a Community in Fourth-Century Egypt

Philip Rousseau

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Pachomius, who died in 346, has long been regarded as the founder of monasticism. Available again, Philip Rousseau's careful reading of the available texts reveals that Pachomius's pioneering enterprise has been consistently misread in light of la...

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