{"product_id":"on-the-incarnation-by-st-athanasius-english-only-copy","title":"The Lives of the Monks of Palestine:  By Cyril of Scythopolis","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"cont_desc\" class=\"monty\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"bSpec\" class=\"book_specs monty fg_charcoal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"currentIsbn\" class=\"bISBN\"\u003e9780879079147, CS114P\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan id=\"eFormatIsbn\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"eFormatsLink\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"eFormatsDesc\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e360\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pgs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 1\/2 x 8 1\/2 x 7\/8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"itemPubDate\" class=\"bPubDate\"\u003e11\/01\/1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCistercian Studies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the later fifth and early sixth centuries the most creative developments in Eastern Christian monasticism occurred not in Egypt or in Syria, but in Palestine, through the work of St Euthymius and St Sabas. Cyril recounts their lives with striking vividness. He writes as an insider, basing himself carefully on the evidence of those who knew the two saints personally and describing with unusual topographical accuracy the monastic world in which he was himself living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eR.M. Price, a priest of the Westminster Dioceses, lectured on the History of Christianity at Heythrop College, University of London.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"cont_review\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-tab\" id=\"breviews\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cyc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quotetext\"\u003e\"This is a primacy source of genuine value, highly influential in later Orthodox history, that brings to life a key period in the evolution of the monastic life.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quoteattribution\"\u003eBishop Kallistos {Ware} of Diokleia\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cyc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quotetext\"\u003e\"This book belongs in every college, seminary, and university library.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quoteattribution\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cyc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quotetext\"\u003e\"Highly recommended for librarians and scholars interested in the histories of Palestinian monasticism and the Jerusalem church when they were at the height of their power and prestige.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quoteattribution\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheological Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broughtons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48000234160295,"sku":null,"price":49.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/0483\/7287\/files\/91d7yElbBkL._SY342.jpg?v=1772303897","url":"https:\/\/goosechasemonastery.ca\/products\/on-the-incarnation-by-st-athanasius-english-only-copy","provider":"Hermitage of the Annunciation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}