Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity: Seeing the Gods
Elsner, JasAuthor
Rutherford, IanContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
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.
Specialized.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Specialized.
European Religions - pre-Christian
Religion
Philosophy & Religion