Asceticism and society in crisis : John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern saints /
Susan Ashbrook Harvey.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 1990.
- xvi, 226 pages : map ; 15 cm.
- The transformation of the classical heritage ; 18.
Based on the author's thesis. Includes index.
Bibliography: pages [199]-218.
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John Bishop of Ephesus ca. 507-586 Lives of the Eastern saints
Christian saints--Cult--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500 Christian saints--Biography--History and criticism--Middle East Jacobites (Syrian Christians)--Biography Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600 Christian hagiography--History--To 1500 Monophysites--History--Middle East