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Subversive Virtue: Asceticism and Authority in the Second-Century Pagan World
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Product Description: Much attention has been devoted in recent years to Christian asceticism in Late Antiquity. But Christianity did not introduce asceticism to the ancient world. An underlying theme of this fascinating study of pagan asceticism is that much of the work on Christian "holy men" has ignored earlier manifestations of asceticism in Antiquity and the way Roman society confronted it...read more
By James A. Francis
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Hardcover:

9780271013046 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, January 1, 1995, cover price $55.95

Paperback:

9780271034256 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, January 31, 2008, cover price $30.95 | About this edition: Much attention has been devoted in recent years to Christian asceticism in Late Antiquity.
9780271011042 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, June 1, 1995, cover price $28.95 | also contains Arthur Schnitzler, Tagebuch 1879-1931 | About this edition: Extensively revised from the first edition, this manual is the Acoustical Society of America's response to the critical need for a guide to aid colleges and universities in setting up meaningful and modern experiments in acoustics.

One Solitary Life
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Product Description: No other man, army or movement has affected the earth as much as one person - Jesus. Blanchard's meaningful and practical reflections of One Solitary Life were inspired by a powerful essay written by James A Francis and used during a 1926 sermon...read more
By Mac Anderson, Kenneth H. Blanchard and James A. Francis
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9781404101722 | J Countryman Books, February 15, 2005, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: No other man, army or movement has affected the earth as much as one person - Jesus.

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