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Gustaf Wingren

and the influence Christian students have upon university life

balancing the biblical material with relevant evidence from archaeological finds

Moses' successor

Monk and the Book: Jerome and the making of Christian Scholarship Konfirmand & tonår This speechIn the West, monastic ideals and scholastic pursuits are complementary; monks are popularly imagined copying classics, preserving learning through the Middle Ages, and establishing the first universities. But this dual identity is not without its contradictions. While monasticism emphasizes the virtues of poverty, chastity, and humility, the scholar, by contrast, requires expensive infrastructure a library, a workplace, and the means of disseminating