Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity
Seeing the Gods
Jas Elsner editor Ian Rutherford editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:5th Jan '06
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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.
...a vital contribution to the study of ancient pilgrimage and to studies in ancient religion...one of the essential works in the field. * Matthew Dillon, Journal of Hellenic Studies *
[The essays] raise important issues and offer stimulating examples that will help move the discussion [on the subject] forward. * Richard S. Ascough, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
It would be an important addition to university libraries * Robert Tatam, The Journal of Classics Teaching *
ISBN: 9780199250790
Dimensions: 223mm x 146mm x 35mm
Weight: 866g
532 pages