The Sleeper's Dream Asclepius Ritual and Early Christian Discourse |
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| Author:
| Pettis, Jeffrey B. |
| Series title: | Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4632-3568-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press, LLC
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $145.00 |
Book Description:
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This analysis probes into the nature and use of bodily healing and dreams in antiquity, examining literary and archaeological evidence in order to gain a sense of how the Greco-Roman world understood each through the Asclepius cult, and to understand references to bodily healings and dreams by early Christian cults and groups.
This analysis probes into the nature and use of bodily healing and dreams in antiquity, examining literary and archaeological evidence in order to gain a sense of how the Greco-Roman world understood each through the Asclepius cult, and to understand references to bodily healings and dreams by early Christian cults and groups.