03849nam 2200709Ia 450 991081594990332120200520144314.01-282-35752-20-520-93112-297866123575271-59875-925-610.1525/9780520931121(CKB)1000000000246831(EBL)254864(OCoLC)475969677(SSID)ssj0000146482(PQKBManifestationID)11161580(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146482(PQKBWorkID)10186481(PQKB)10199893(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055890(MiAaPQ)EBC254864(OCoLC)62865871(MdBmJHUP)muse30353(DE-B1597)520968(DE-B1597)9780520931121(Au-PeEL)EBL254864(CaPaEBR)ebr10106452(CaONFJC)MIL235752(dli)HEB07960(MiU)MIU01000000000000009613200(EXLCZ)99100000000024683120040803d2005 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrEncountering the sacred the debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity /Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20051 online resource (269 p.)The transformation of the classical heritage ;38Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24191-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 CitationsThis 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 the long-held assumption of scholars that pilgrimage was only a popular, not an elite, religious practice. In addition to Greek and Latin sources, she includes Syriac material, which allows her to build a rich picture of the emerging theology of landscape that took shape over the fourth to sixth centuries.Transformation of the classical heritage ;38.Christian pilgrims and pilgrimagesPalestineHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Palestine in ChristianityHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Christian pilgrims and pilgrimagesHistory of doctrinesPalestine in ChristianityHistory of doctrines263/.0425694/09015Bitton-Ashkelony Bruria625129MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815949903321Encountering the sacred1220033UNINA