Scenting salvation
Subtitle: ancient Christianity and the olfactory imagination
By: Susan Ashbrook Harvey.
Series: The transformation of the classical heritage ;; 42
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: Smell -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.; Senses and sensation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.; Odors.; Worship.; Sacrifice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The olfactory context : smelling in the early Christian world; title: The Christian body : ritually fashioned experience; title: Olfaction and Christian knowing; title: Redeeming scents : ascetic models; title: Sanctity and stench; title: Resurrection, sensation, and knowledge.