Pilgrimage and holy space in late antique Egypt /

This volume deals with the origins and rise of Christian pilgrimage cults in late antique Egypt. Part One covers the major theoretical issues in the study of Coptic pilgrimage, such as sacred landscape and shrines' catchment areas, while Part Two examines native Egyptian and Egyptian Jewish pil...

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Other Authors: Frankfurter, David, 1961-

Format: eBook

Language: English
French

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 134.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

Subjects:

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Egypt > History.

Christian shrines > Egypt > History.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Christian shrines.