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Author Bitton-Ashkelony, Bruria.

Title Encountering the sacred : the debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2005]
©2005
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Description 1 online resource (1 volume).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series The transformation of the classical heritage ; 38
Transformation of the classical heritage ; 38.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Palestine -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Palestine -- In Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Chronological Term 30 - 600
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bitton-Ashkelony, Bruria. Encountering the sacred. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005 0520241916 (DLC) 2004018179 (OCoLC)56330198
ISBN 9780520931121 (electronic book)
0520931122 (electronic book)
1423745450 (electronic book)
9781423745457 (electronic book)
9780520241916
0520241916
1282357522
9781282357525

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