History of Asceticism in the Syrian Orient. A Contribution to the History of Culture in the Near East. I.: The Origin of Asceticism. Early Monasticism in Persia (1958). II.: Early Monasticism in Mesopotamia and Syria (1960). 2 vols.
Louvain (Belgium): Secrétariat du CorpuSCO, 1958-1960. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XXXVII, [1], 342, XXXII, 437, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Scarce work on the history and expansion of Christianity in the Syrian Orient in which Voobus states that the origin of the Christian message in Mesopotamia must have been related to..... More