Title(s):
- Treatise on the Egyptian monks
- ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ(mīmrā d-‘al dayrāyē d-meṣrēn, Treatise on the Egyptian monks)
Period covered:
4th c.?
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
- Biography (collective)
Remarks:
Assemani identifies the work as part of 'Against the opponents of the monastic life and a comparison between a king and a monk'. In that case, it would not be biographical in nature. The work mentioned by Abdisho bar Brika in his catalogue is a Syriac translation of the original Greek.
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