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The book deals with the history of the monastic community in the region of Gaza in Late antiquity. It examines the monastic career and teachings of central figures such as Abba Isaiah, Peter the Iberian, Barsanuphius and John, and Dorotheus. The social, religious and material aspects of this community are discussed in comparison with other contemporary monastic centers.

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Brouria Bitton Ashkelony, Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of Encountering the Sacred: The Debate on Christian Pilgrimage in Late Antiquity (Berkeley, 2005), and co-editor of Christian Gaza in Late Antiquity (Brill, 2004). Aryeh Kofsky, Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a Senior Lecturer of Comparative Religion in the Department of Land of Israel Studies, the University of Haifa. His work includes Eusebius of Caesarea Against Paganism (Leiden, 2000), and The Nusayri-Alawi Religion: An Enquiry into Its Theology and Liturgy (Leiden, 2002, with M. Bar-Asher). He is also co-editor of Christian Gaza in Late Antiquity (Brill, 2004).

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