Monks and Property: Rhetoric, Law, and Patronage in the <i>Apophthegmata Patrum</i> and the Papyri

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  • Roger S. Bagnall

Abstract

The economic realities of monastic life in Egypt are illustrated by various stories in theĀ Apophthegmata Patrum, and the evolving versions of this text can be seen in the geographical context of its several redactions.

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2001-03-03

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