Explores the significance of dreams in early Christian Egypt, using sources from Philo and Origen to Athanasius and early monks.

What expectations did the women and men living in early monastic communities carry into relationships of obedience and advice? What did they hope to achieve thr

Why did dreams matter to Jews, Byzantine Christians, and Muslims in the first millennium? Bronwen Neil shows how the three faiths took the pagan practice of div

In this volume, Costache endeavours to map the world as it was understood and experienced by the early Christians. Progressing from initial fears, they came to