Incubation in Early Byzantium - Ildiko Csepregi
The Formation of Christian Incubation Cults and Miracle Collections
KORTE INHOUD
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2024Uitgever: Brepols Publishers328 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503606601ISBN-13: 9782503606606Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary Incubation (temple sleep) was a well-known ritual in the Near East and became increasingly popular in Classical and Hellenistic Greece, becoming attached to Asclepius and other divinities. It flourished in the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was encountered by the emergent Christianity. Temple sleep was so widespread that it was impossible to ban. The Christianization of the incubation ritual was thus a detailed and lengthy (but successful) process that encompassed several aspects of the Church's se...
