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Encountering the sacred [electronic resource] : the debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Transformation of the classical heritage ; 38.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.Description: 1 online resource (1 v.)ISBN:
  • 9780520931121 (electronic bk.)
  • 0520931122 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Encountering the sacred.DDC classification:
  • 263/.0425694/09015 22
LOC classification:
  • BV896.P19 B58 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Pilgrimage in Late Antiquity; 1. Basil of Caesarea's and Gregory of Nyssa's Attitudes Toward Pilgrimage; 2. Jerome's Position on Pilgrimage: Vacillating Between Support and Reservations; 3. Augustine on Holy Space; 4. Pilgrimage in Monastic Culture; 5. Local Versus Central Pilgrimage; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Places; Index of Biblical Citations;
Summary: This innovative study sheds new light on one of the most spectacular changes to occur in late antiquity--the rise of pilgrimage all over the Christian world--by setting the phenomenon against the wide background of the political and theological debates of the time.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Pilgrimage in Late Antiquity; 1. Basil of Caesarea's and Gregory of Nyssa's Attitudes Toward Pilgrimage; 2. Jerome's Position on Pilgrimage: Vacillating Between Support and Reservations; 3. Augustine on Holy Space; 4. Pilgrimage in Monastic Culture; 5. Local Versus Central Pilgrimage; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Places; Index of Biblical Citations;

This innovative study sheds new light on one of the most spectacular changes to occur in late antiquity--the rise of pilgrimage all over the Christian world--by setting the phenomenon against the wide background of the political and theological debates of the time.

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