Generally the scholarly consensus lead the greek term μovαχó&sfgr; (monk) back to the syriac word îh?îdāyā. Evidences from the targumim, however, make it possible to assume that μov&agr;χó&sfgr; on its early stages of development which are partly available to us through the Nag Hammadi writings
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Volume: 10, 02/2007
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