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(More customer reviews)This is indeed a classic but it is by no means the first book you should read about early asceticism. As a true introduction I would recommend William Harmless's Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism. Harmless very aptly says of Chitty's book: "[It is] a dense network of names and places and events -- too dense, I believe, for the real beginner. It is also full of brilliant passing insights and wonderful throwaway lines whose cogency is lost on most. And so I find Chitty's work not so much an introduction, but rather a wise road map for those who are already knee-deep in the literature."
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