Rebecca Krawiec: 1 book
Shenoute and the Women of the White Monastery
Egyptian Monasticism in Late Antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2002
This book depicts the lives of female monks within a monastery located in upper Egypt in the period 385-464 CE. During this period, the monastery was headed by a monk named Shenoute; thirteen of his letters to the women under his care survive. These writings are fragmentary, only partially translated,...
