Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity

Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 9789004369009
ISBN-13 : 9004369007
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Book Synopsis Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity by : Emilie M. van Opstall

Download or read book Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity written by Emilie M. van Opstall and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred Thresholds. The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity offers a far-reaching account of liminal spaces within Christian and pagan sanctuaries, with interdisciplinary and diachronic perspectives on the experience of those who crossed from the worldly to the divine, both physically and symbolically.


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