Beyond the study of Egyptian monasticism, Monastic Communities in Context is an important contribution to discussions of patronage networks in late antique Egypt and a vital bridge between scholarship on the late antique economy and monasticism – topics that draw upon contemporary material but which very rarely come together. Wegner interweaves material familiar to both disciplines, demonstrating confidence in working with the range of Greek and Coptic papyri, and in so doing helps to fill gaps created by disciplinary divides.

Joanna Wegner. Monastic Communities in Context: Monasteries, Economy, and Society in Late Antique Egypt. Journal of Juristic Papyrology Supplement, 41. Peeters, 2021.

From Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). Review by Jennifer Cromwell, Manchester Metropolitan University