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The Memory of the Eyes: Pilgrims to Living Saints in Christian Late Antiquity
Georgia Frank
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Hardback. Pilgrims during the fourth and fifth centuries AD often reported visiting holy people as part of their tours of holy places in the deserts of Egypt and the holy land. This is a study of pilgrimage to these famous ascetics. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HRC; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Pilgrims in the deserts of Egypt and the holy land during the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. often reported visiting holy people as part of their tours of holy places. This is the first comprehensive study of pilgrimage to these famous ascetics of late antique Christianity. Through an original analysis of pilgrim writings of this period, Georgia Frank discovers a literary imagination at work, one that both recorded and shaped the experience of pilgrimage to living saints. Taking an important new approach to these texts, Frank finds in them a record of the writers' and readers' spiritual expectations and uses ... Read more
Pilgrims in the deserts of Egypt and the holy land during the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. often reported visiting holy people as part of their tours of holy places. This is the first comprehensive study of pilgrimage to these famous ascetics of late antique Christianity. Through an original analysis of pilgrim writings of this period, Georgia Frank discovers a literary imagination at work, one that both recorded and shaped the experience of pilgrimage to living saints. Taking an important new approach to these texts, Frank finds in them a record of the writers' and readers' spiritual expectations and uses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520222052
SKU
V9780520222052
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About Georgia Frank
Georgia Frank is Assistant Professor of Religion at Colgate University
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