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Scenting salvation : ancient Christianity and the olfactory imagination / Susan Ashbrook Harvey.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Transformation of the classical heritage ; 42. | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literaturePublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.Description: xviii, 421 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0520241479 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 248.2 22
LOC classification:
  • BT741.3 .H37 2006
Contents:
1. The olfactory context : smelling the early Christian world -- 2. The Christian body : ritually fashioned experience -- 3. Olfaction and Christian knowing -- 4. Redeeming scents : ascetic models -- 5. Sanctity and stench -- 6. Resurrection, sensation, and knowledge.
Item type: Book
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-388) and indexes.

1. The olfactory context : smelling the early Christian world -- 2. The Christian body : ritually fashioned experience -- 3. Olfaction and Christian knowing -- 4. Redeeming scents : ascetic models -- 5. Sanctity and stench -- 6. Resurrection, sensation, and knowledge.

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