Abstract
The Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS) at Brandeis University is collaborating with theatre dybbuk to present a unique five episode series as part of the third season of The Dybbukast.
In this third of our five-episode series in partnership with the NEJS Department, we explore a text from the beginnings of Christian monasticism in the Byzantine period. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers is a collection of short stories and sayings from and about monks centered in Northern Egypt in the 4th century CE that were recorded in the 5th and 6th centuries. We explore the ways in which the collection was developed, the influence it has had, and its intersections with various faith traditions.