LEADER 03760nam 2200661Ia 450 001 996248238603316 005 20210608021743.0 010 $a1-282-35752-2 010 $a0-520-93112-2 010 $a9786612357527 010 $a1-59875-925-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520931121 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246831 035 $a(EBL)254864 035 $a(OCoLC)475969677 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000146482 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161580 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146482 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10186481 035 $a(PQKB)10199893 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055890 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC254864 035 $a(OCoLC)62865871 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30353 035 $a(DE-B1597)520968 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520931121 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL254864 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10106452 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235752 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246831 100 $a20040803d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEncountering the sacred$b[electronic resource] $ethe debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity /$fBrouria Bitton-Ashkelony 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (269 p.) 225 1 $aThe transformation of the classical heritage ;$v38 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-24191-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1 Basil of Caesarea's and Gregory of Nyssa's Attitudes toward Pilgrimage --$t2 Jerome's Position on Pilgrimage --$t3 Augustine on Holy Space --$t4 Pilgrimage in Monastic Culture --$t5 Local versus Central Pilgrimage --$tBibliography --$tGeneral Index --$tIndex of Places --$tIndex of Biblical Citations 330 $aThis innovative study sheds new light on one of the most spectacular changes to occur in late antiquity-the rise of pilgrimage all over the Christian world-by setting the phenomenon against the wide background of the political and theological debates of the time. Asking how the emerging notion of a sacred geography challenged the leading intellectuals and ecclesiastical authorities, Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony deftly reshapes our understanding of early Christian mentalities by unraveling the process by which a territory of grace became a territory of power. Examining ancient writers' responses to the rising practice of pilgrimage, Bitton-Ashkelony offers a nuanced reading of their thinking on the merits and the demerits of pilgrimage, revealing theological and ecclesiastical motivations that have been overlooked, and questioning the long-held assumption of scholars that pilgrimage was only a popular, not an elite, religious practice. In addition to Greek and Latin sources, she includes Syriac material, which allows her to build a rich picture of the emerging theology of landscape that took shape over the fourth to sixth centuries. 410 0$aTransformation of the classical heritage ;$v38. 606 $aChristian pilgrims and pilgrimages$zPalestine$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 606 $aPalestine in Christianity$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChristian pilgrims and pilgrimages$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aPalestine in Christianity$xHistory of doctrines 676 $a263/.0425694/09015 700 $aBitton-Ashkelony$b Bruria$0625129 801 0$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248238603316 996 $aEncountering the sacred$91220033 997 $aUNISA