The Lives of the Monks of Palestine </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Cyril, of Scythopolis</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Cistercian Publications</publisher> <dateIssued>1991</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>304tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>22cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The narrow stretch of desert between the Jordan Valley and the hill country of Judea drew great biblical prophets ""Elijah and John the Baptist"" and unforgettable Christian ascetics. Our best source of information on this movement from AD 400-600 comes from Cyril's pen.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Cyril of Scythopolis, John Binns, R. M. Price</note> <subject> <topic>Palestine -- Church history</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Monastic and religious life</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Early Church (30-600)</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">271.0092</classification> <classification authority="ddc">C997-O31</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0879079142</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15615/cy.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15615/cy.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071512.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>