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UNINA9910815949903321 |
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Bitton-Ashkelony Bruria |
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Titolo |
Encountering the sacred : the debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity / / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-35752-2 |
0-520-93112-2 |
9786612357527 |
1-59875-925-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (269 p.) |
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Collana |
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The transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 38 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - Palestine - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600 |
Palestine in Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Basil of Caesarea's and Gregory of Nyssa's Attitudes toward Pilgrimage -- 2 Jerome's Position on Pilgrimage -- 3 Augustine on Holy Space -- 4 Pilgrimage in Monastic Culture -- 5 Local versus Central Pilgrimage -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Places -- Index of Biblical Citations |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This innovative study sheds new light on one of the most spectacular changes to occur in late antiquity-the rise of pilgrimage all over the Christian world-by setting the phenomenon against the wide background of the political and theological debates of the time. Asking how the emerging notion of a sacred geography challenged the leading intellectuals and ecclesiastical authorities, Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony deftly reshapes our understanding of early Christian mentalities by unraveling the process by which a territory of grace became a territory of power. Examining ancient writers' responses to the rising practice of pilgrimage, Bitton-Ashkelony offers a nuanced reading of their thinking on the merits and the demerits of pilgrimage, revealing theological and ecclesiastical motivations that have been overlooked, and questioning |
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