Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman & early Christian antiquity : seeing the gods /

From healing to oracles, from collective civic delegations to individual pilgrims seeking salvation, from localized sacred topographies to empire-wide travel, this title shows the importance of pilgrimage in pagan antiquity and its ancestry to later Christian practice.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Elsner, Jaś, Rutherford, Ian, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:From healing to oracles, from collective civic delegations to individual pilgrims seeking salvation, from localized sacred topographies to empire-wide travel, this title shows the importance of pilgrimage in pagan antiquity and its ancestry to later Christian practice.
Item Description:Originally published: 2005.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 513 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191716713
0191716715
9780199237913
0199237913