Scenting salvation : ancient Christianity and the olfactory imagination
| 1. Verfasser: |
Harvey, Susan Ashbrook.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2006.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xviii, 421 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
42 Transformation of the classical heritage |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The olfactory context : smelling the early Christian world
- The Christian body : ritually fashioned experience
- Olfaction and Christian knowing
- Redeeming scents : ascetic models
- Sanctity and stench
- Resurrection, sensation, and knowledge.
