Harvey, Susan Ashbrook.

Scenting salvation ancient Christianit y and the olfactory imagination / [electronic resource] : Susan Ashbrook Harvey. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006. - xviii, 421 p. ; 24 cm. - Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Transformation of the classical heritage ; 42 . - ACLS Fellows’ publications. Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Transformation of the classical heritage ; 42. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-388) and indexes.

The olfactory context : smelling the early Christian world -- The Ch ristian body : ritually fashioned experience -- Olfaction and Christian knowing -- Redeeming scents : ascetic models -- Sanctity and stench -- Resurrection, sensation, and knowledge.


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Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2010.
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Smell-- Religious aspects
Senses and sensation-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History .
Odors.
Worship.
Sacrifice.