Comment Comment by dismalaf > Christian monastery in Islamic Sinai if the timing of the article is correcthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladder_of_Divine_AscentAccording to this article his writings pre-date the Islamic conquest (639).Of course, there was also this: https://www.sinaimonastery.com/index.php/en/history/mohammedAnd St Catherine's is a fortress in the middle of the desert so who knows what it's status was, it was an interesting time (beginning of Islamic conquests). parent dismalaf 8 months ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladder_of_Divine_Ascent
According to this article his writings pre-date the Islamic conquest (639).
Of course, there was also this: https://www.sinaimonastery.com/index.php/en/history/mohammed
And St Catherine's is a fortress in the middle of the desert so who knows what it's status was, it was an interesting time (beginning of Islamic conquests).