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The Fathers of the Desert; or, An Account of the Origin and Practice of Monkery among Heathen Nations; Its Passage into the Church; and some Wonderful Stories of the Fathers concerning the Primitive Monks and Hermits.

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Singerman ID#supp1368

Ruffner, Henry. The Fathers of the Desert; or, An Account of the Origin and Practice of Monkery among Heathen Nations; Its Passage into the Church; and some Wonderful Stories of the Fathers concerning the Primitive Monks and Hermits. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1850. 2 vols.

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All in vol. 1: chap. 7, "Platonism of Philo the Jew;" chap. 8, "Philosophy and Monachism of the Jews;" chap. 9, "The Later Jewish and Gentile Philosophy."