Egeria, "Journey to the Holy Land"
by Aetheria
fromBrepols library of Christian sources
The 'Itinerarium Egeriae' is the travel diary of a late-fourth-century visit to Egypt and Palestine by a Christian female from Western Europe. As well as stopping at many sites of biblical significance, she spent three years in Jerusalem and recorded in detail its liturgical pra…
Egeria, "Journey to the Holy Land"
by Aetheria
fromBrepols library of Christian sources
The 'Itinerarium Egeriae' is the travel diary of a late-fourth-century visit to Egypt and Palestine by a Christian female from Western Europe. As well as stopping at many sites of biblical significance, she spent three years in Jerusalem and recorded in detail its liturgical pra…
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An innovative and multidimensional account of translocal religious practice, this sophisticated study, the first of its kind for Vietnam, blurs disciplinary boundaries and disrupts preconceived images of Vietnamese society.
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Pilgrims and Travellers in Search of the Holy
Words matter: hermeneutics in the study of religions
Words matter: hermeneutics in the study of religions
Words matter: hermeneutics in the study of religions
Words matter: hermeneutics in the study of religions
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