Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (Feb 2006)

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

  • Roger S. Bagnall

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 1
pp. 7 – 24

Abstract

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