Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman & early Christian antiquity : seeing the gods /
The essays in this volume examine the range of pilgrimage practices in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the early Church. From healing to oracles, from collective civic delegations to individual pilgrims seeking salvation, from localized sacred topographies to empire-wide travel, this book shows the impor...
| Други автори: | Elsner, Jas., Rutherford, Ian, 1959- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=192163 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman & early Christian antiquity. |
| Резюме: |
The essays in this volume examine the range of pilgrimage practices in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the early Church. From healing to oracles, from collective civic delegations to individual pilgrims seeking salvation, from localized sacred topographies to empire-wide travel, this book shows the importance of pilgrimage in pagan antiquity and its ancestry to later Christian practice. - ;This book presents a range of case-studies of pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman antiquity, drawing on a wide variety of evidence. It rejects the usual reluctance to accept the category of pilgrimage in pagan polytheism. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvii, 513 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-500) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0199250790 9780199250790 9781429470612 1429470615 0191514381 9780191514388 |