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.
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| 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 |