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Stories of conversion have always attracted mankind's attention, and this was especially so among the monks of the ancient and medieval world. In the literature of fourth-century Egypt, alongside the wise sayings of the Desert Fathers and the stories illustrating their way of life, there are also the accounts of the lives of the harlots, Pelagia, Maria, Thaïs, Mary of Egypt and a number of lesser figures, all of which were copied, translated and retold througout the Middle Ages. This is a commentary on early monastic texts with a discussion of the theme of Christian repentance. The author begins with St. Mary Magdalene, the archetypal penitent, and goes on to examine the desert tradition, concluding each chapter with new translations of those lives which were most influential in the early Church and for countless generations afterwards.
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Christianity, Ex-prostitutes, History, History of doctrines, Nuns, Religious life, Repentance, Reue, Doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600, Repentance -- Christianity -- History of, Heilige, Nuns -- Middle East -- History, Ex-prostitutes -- Religious life -- Middle East, Christian women saints, Legends, Prostitution, Monastic and religious life, Monastic and religious life of women, Sources, Women, Prostitutes in literature, Women in Christianity, Prostitutes, Middle east, social life and customs, Christian biography, Early works to 1800, BiographyPlaces
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Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Reprentance in Early Monastic Sources (Cistercian Studies Series)
February 1988, Cistercian Pubns
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in English
087907406X 9780879074067
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Harlots of the Desert: a study of repentance in early monastic sources
1987, Mowbray
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0264667395 9780264667393
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Harlots of the desert: a study of repentance in early monastic sources
1987, Cistercian Publications, Cistercian Publications, Incorporated
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