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The book reproduces the cleaned paintings for the first time. It also describes and analyzes their amalgam of Coptic (Egyptian Christian), Byzantine, and Arab s
Thomas Merton and the Monastic Vision
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Pages: 244
Authors: Lawrence Cunningham
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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Cunningham (theology, U. of Notre Dame) explores Merton's monastic life and his subsequent growth into a modern-day spiritual master. Starting from Merton's ent
Babylon of Egypt
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Presents a history of old Cairo, known by the Romans as Babylon, based on new archaeological evidence gathered between 2000 and 2006, revealing continuous occup
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An Archaeology of Egyptian Monasticism
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Pages: 245
Authors: Louise Blanke
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The White Monastery in Upper Egypt and its two federated communities are among the largest, most prosperous and longest-lived loci of Coptic Christianity. Found