A Piece of Shenoutiana from the Department of Egyptian Antiquities
Series: British Museum Press Occasional Paper
Format: Paperback
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780861591190
Pub Date: December 1996
Illustrations: 16 b/w plates
Price: £20.00
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Description:
The text published here, for the first time, with translation and commentary, is a work attributed to Shenoute, the 4th-5th century abbot of the White Monastery in Upper Egypt. The work is based on the theme God never turns his face from those who truly worship him, and contains six distinctive miraculous episodes.