Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt / / edited by David Frankfurter.

• Superior document: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Volume 134
• TeilnehmendeR: Frankfurter, David, 1961-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] ;, Koln, [Germany] : : Brill,, 1998.; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; Volume 134.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (550 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Notes: Some illustrations folded.
• Other title: Preliminary material /; APPROACHES TO COPTIC PILGRIMAGEs /; LES DÉPLACEMENTS PIEUX EN ÉGYPTE PHARAONIQUE: SITES ET PRATIQUES CULTUELLES /; JEWISH PILGRIMAGE AND JEWISH IDENTITY IN HELLENISTIC AND EARLY ROMAN EGYPT /; ISLAND OF THE EXTREMITY: SPACE, LANGUAGE AND POWER IN THE PILGRIMAGE TRADITIONS OF PHILAE /; PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF SS CYRUS AND JOHN AT MENOUTHIS IN LATE ANTIQUITY /; THE PILGRIMAGE CENTER OF ABÛ MÎNÂ /; PILGRIMAGE AND THE CULT OF SAINT THECLA IN LATE ANTIQUE EGYPT /; VISITORS TO SHENOUTE’S MONASTERY /; ARAB CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGES IN THE PROTO-BYZANTINE PERIOD (V-VII CENTURIES) /; FRAGMENTS OF THE SORTES SANCTORUM FROM THE SHRINE OF ST. COLLUTHUS /; CHANT IN COPTIC PILGRIMAGE /; A LITURGICAL PROCESSION IN THE DESERT OF APA SHENOUTE /; “OUTSIDE THE PLACES, WITHIN THE TRUTH”: ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE LOCALIZATION OF THE HOLY /; MIRACLES, MONKS, AND MONUMENTS: THE HISTORIA MONACHORUM IN AEGYPTO AS PILGRIMS’ TALES /; INDEX /; LIST OF DIAGRAMS AND PLATES /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004298061
• ISSN: 0927-7633
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by David Frankfurter.

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 pilgrimage practices. Part Three investigates six major shrines, from Philae's diverse non-Christian devotees to the great pilgrim center of Abu Mina and a Thecla shrine on its route. Part Four looks at such diverse pilgrims' rites as oracles, chant, and stational liturgy, while Part Five brings in Athanasius's and an anonymous hagiographer's perspectives on pilgrimage in Egypt. The volume includes illustrations of the Abu Mina site, pilgrims' ampules from the Thecla shrine, as well as several maps.