Title:  Christianity and Monasticism in Wadi al-Natrun
Author:  by Maged S.A. Mikhail 
 
Format: Hardcover  
Book condition:  Used - Like New 
Cover:  Used - Like New 
 
Wadi al-Natrun, a depression in the Western Desert of Egypt, is one of the most important centers for the development and continued thriving of the Coptic monastic tradition. Christianity and monasticism have prospered there from as early as the fourth century until the present day, when four major monasteries still flourish. Here, international specialists in Coptology, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in Wadi al-Natrun over the past seventeen hundred years. The studies center on aspects of the history and development of monasticism inWadi al-Natrun, as well as the art, architecture, and archaeology of the four existing and numerous former monasteries of the region. 
 
Publisher ‏: ‎ The American University in Cairo Press;  2009 
Hardcover ‏: ‎ 349 pages
ISBN-10 ‏: ‎ 9774162609
ISBN-13 ‏: ‎ 978-9774162602
 
 
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