From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East

From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East
by William Dalrymple

From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East
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Author: William Dalrymple
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-03-15
ISBN: 0805061770
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

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Book Review: Inspirational
Summary: 5 Stars

As a seminary student, I had been exposed to many of the groups Dalrymple visited during his journey. Though we treated them largely as doctrinal heretics and schismatics, they were lifeless groups and sects in the pages of our medieval church history text books. "From the Holy Mountain" brought those people to life in ways that I had not experienced before.

In addition to the narratives that draw you in, the author's keen eye for details and his ability to weave multiple threads together make you *feel* this book rather than read it. I came away feeling almost as if I had made the journey myself, and what more can we ask for from a book like this?

Summary of From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East

In 587 a.d., two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist stayed in caves, monasteries, and remote hermitages, collecting the wisdom of the stylites and the desert fathers before their fragile world finally shattered under the great eruption of Islam. More than a thousand years later, using Moschos's writings as his guide, William Dalrymple sets off to retrace their footsteps and composes "an evensong for a dying civilization" --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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