John Cassian and the Reading of Egyptian Monastic Culture

By Steven D. Driver

This book examines the method of meditative reading encouraged by John Cassian (c. 360-435) in his ascetic writings, the bulk of which are fictive dialogues that purportedly record the instruction he... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415936683
• ISBN13: 9780415936682
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.8"