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From the Holy Mountain : A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium.

From the Holy Mountain : A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium.

From the Holy Mountain : A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium.
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From the Holy Mountain : A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium.

by Dalrymple, William

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ISBN 10
0006547745
ISBN 13
9780006547747
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London: Flamingo, 1997 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint.. In 587 AD, two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist stayed in caves, monasteries, and remote hermitages, collecting the wisdom of the stylites and the desert fathers before their fragile world finally shattered under the great eruption of Islam. More than a thousand years later, using Moschos's writings as his guide, William Dalrymple sets off to retrace their footsteps and composes "an evensong for a dying civilization" --"Kirkus Reviews," 483p. plates (some col) maps on endpapers. bibliography.index.

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From the Holy Mountain is a 1997 historical travel book by William Dalrymple. Dalrymple's third book From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium (1997) saw him trace the ties of Eastern Orthodox congregations scattered in the Middle East to their ancient origins; it also deals with the question of how they have fared over centuries of Islamic rule and the complex relationship of Islam and Christianity in the Middle East.

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KALAMOS BOOKS CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
From the Holy Mountain : A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium.
Author
Dalrymple, William
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
Reprint.
ISBN 10
0006547745
ISBN 13
9780006547747
Publisher
Flamingo
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1997
Keywords
EGYPT SOPHRONIUS. JOHN MOSCHOS CHRISTIANS MIDDLE EAST CHURCH GREEK ORTHODOXY MONASTERIES ATHOS TRAVEL CHRISTIANITY BYZANTIUM
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Travel Books; Egypt; Athos;

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