Bruria Bitton-Ashkelony
Author
Series
Transformation of the classical heritage volume 38
Publication Date
c2005
Formats
Description
This 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.
Publication Date
2004
Physical Desc
viii, 247 p. : ill., maps.
Description
This valuable collection of thirteen studies provides an overview of recent research on central issues concerning the history of late antique Gaza. Several essays address various aspects of the continuity of pagan culture in Christian Gaza, festivals, spectacles, and the classical legacy of the fifth and sixth centuries, thus highlighting the public life of the city as a unique synthesis of the new and old worlds. Several articles deal with central...
