Materiality of Seclusion: A Decorated Monastic Hermitage in the Dead Sea Escarpment

The monastic practice of Lenten retreats in the desert is attested in ancient Palestine by the early fifth century. However, within the large archaeological corpus of desert monasticism, sites that can be positively identified as Lenten hermitages were previously unattested. The hermitage discovered...

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Authors: Tseḥanovits, Yanah (Author) ; Porat, Roi ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author) ; J̌oǰua, T̕emo (Author) ; Davidovich, Uri 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
In: Material religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 287-310
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kidron / Hermitage / Rock painting / Georgian language / Graffito / Monasticism / History 800-1100
RelBib Classification:AF Geography of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
CE Christian art
HH Archaeology
KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages
KBL Near East and North Africa
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
Further subjects:B Byzantine Monasticism
B Archaeology
B Holy Land
B Hermits
B Graffiti
B Georgians
B Christian Art
B desert studies
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