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Harvey, Susan Ashbrook.

Scenting salvation : ancient Christianity and the olfactory imagination / Susan Ashbrook Harvey. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006. - xviii, 421 p. ; 24 cm. - The transformation of the classical heritage ; 42 The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature . - Transformation of the classical heritage ; 42. Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-388) and indexes.

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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

ISBN: 0520241479 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Standard No.: 9780520241473

LCCN: 2005013451

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA629440 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013420343 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Smell--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
Senses and sensation--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
Odors.
Worship.
Sacrifice.

LC Class. No.: BT741.3 / .H37 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 248.2