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Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity: Seeing the Gods
Elsner
Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity: Seeing the Gods
Elsner
The essays in this volume examine the variety and importance of pilgrimage practices in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the early Church, ranging from healing to oracles, from collective civic delegations to individual pilgrims seeking salvation, from localized sacred topographies to empire-wide travel.
532 pages, 28 in-text illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 20, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780199237913 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Genre | Cultural Region > Italy |
Pages | 536 |
Dimensions | 141 × 217 × 33 mm · 772 g |
Editor | Elsner, Jas' (, Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford) |
Editor | Rutherford, Ian (, Professor of Greek, University of Reading) |