Scenting salvation: ancient Christianity and the olfactory imagination

Name: Scenting salvation: ancient Christianity and the olfactory imagination
Author: Susan Ashbrook Harvey

Author

Susan Ashbrook Harvey

Publisher

University of California Press

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Title and Author

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

Publication Details

برکلی : University of California Press، 2006م

Physical Description

xviii, 421 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

Smell Religious aspects -- Christianity History
Senses and sensation Religious aspects -- Christianity History
Odors
Worship
Sacrifice

series

(The transformation of the classical heritage؛ 42)

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references )p. 133-883( and indexes.

Contents

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

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