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Rubenson, Samuel. The Letters of St. Antony: Monasticism and the Making of a Saint. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.
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Secondary Works
Bushell, William C. "Pyschophysiological and Comparative Analysis of Ascetico-Meditational Discipline: Toward a New Theory of Asceticism." Asceticism. Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, pp. 553-575.
Jenott, Lance and Elaine Pagels. “Antony’s Letters and Nag Hammadi Codex I: Sources of Religious Conflict in Fourth-Century Egypt.” Journal of Early Christian Studies. 18.4 (Winter 2010): 557-589.
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Shaw, Theresa. The Burden of the Flesh: Fasting and Sexuality in Early Christianity. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998).
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