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Book Title: Asceticism and Society in Crisis : John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern Saints
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Susan Ashbrook Harvey
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Ancient / General, Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, Christianity / History, Religious, Christianity / Denominations, Antiquities & Archaeology, Christianity / General
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History, Philosophy
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
