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240 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780271034256
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication date: 15 September 1994
Description
Much attention has been devoted in recent years to Christian asceticism in Late Antiquity. But Christianity did not introduce asceticism to the ancient world. An underlying theme of this fascinating study of pagan asceticism is that much of the wo...
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240 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780271034256
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication date: 15 September 1994
Description
Much attention has been devoted in recent years to Christian asceticism in Late Antiquity. But Christianity did not introduce asceticism to the ancient world. An underlying theme of this fascinating study of pagan asceticism is that much of the wo...