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Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity: Seeing the Gods

By Ian Rutherford , Jas Elsner

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0199250790, 9780199250790, 9781429470612
Open Library ID
OL17203051M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5412730 bytes)
Pages
532\532
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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 and affirms the significance of sacred mobility not only as an important factor in understanding ancient religion and its topographies but also as vitally ancestral to later Christian practice.

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