The paradise or garden of the holy fathers : being histories of the anchorites, recluses, monks, Coenobites, and ascetic fathers of the deserts of Egypt between A.D. CCL and A.D. CCCC circiter / compiled by Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria [and others] ; now translated out of the Syriac, with notes & introd., by Ernest A. Wallis Budge.

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1907
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London : Chatto & Windus, 1907.

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2 volumes : 2 facsimiles ; 22 cm

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Notes

A rev. translation of The book of paradise, as compiled by ʻAnān Ishoʻ, and published in 1904.
"The life of Saint Anthony, by Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria": v. 1, p. 3-76.

Contents

Vol. 1. Introduction. The life of St. Anthony by Athanasius, Archbp. of Alexandria. The Paradise of Palladius. The rule of Pachomius at Tabenna, or the "Asketikonn". The History of the Monks, by Hieronymus. Vol. 2. The sayings of the Fathers, [by Palladius].

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  • Vol. 1

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  • Vol. 2

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