by Theodoret of Cyrrhus, translated by R. M. Price. A collection of over 30 lives of monastics of north­ern Syria who lived in the 4th and 5th centuries. It is an often referenced source work for information on mo­nasticism and lives of the famous as­cetics of the period and locality. Contains the lives of such popular saints as Symeon the Stylite, Palla­dius, Domnina, and James of Nisibis. 223 pages, softcover.