Monks and Property: Rhetoric, Law, and Patronage in the Apophthegmata Patrum and the PapyriRoger S. Bagnall2001-03-03articleGreek, Roman and Byzantine studies29 citationsdiamondNo readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.Byzantine Studies and HistoryClassical Antiquity StudiesMedieval Literature and HistoryAbstractThe economic realities of monastic life in Egypt are illustrated by various stories in the Apophthegmata Patrum, and the evolving versions of this text can be seen in the geographical context of its several redactions.