Encountering the Sacred - The Debate on Christian Pilgrimage in Late Antiquity

Preface xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction: Pilgrimage in Late Antiquity 1(29) Basil of Caesarea's and Gregory of Nyssa's Attitudes Toward Pilgrimage 30(35) Basil's and Gregory's Support for the Cult of the Martyrs 33(11) Basil of Caesarea's Journey to Palestine 44(4) Gregory's Visit to Jerusalem: Pilgrimage or Diplomatic Mission? 48(3) Gregory's Ambivalence Regarding the Holy Places in Jerusalem 51(6) Cyril as Promoter of Jerusalem 57(5) The Primacy of the East 62(3) Jerome's Position on Pilgrimage: Vacillating Between Support and Reservations 65(41) From Babylon to Jerusalem 65(6) Jerome on Pilgrimage to Palestine (383--392) 71(8) Jerome's Interpretation of Matthew 27:52--53 79(6) Jerome and the Holy Places (394--397) 85(12) Jerome on the Cult of the Martyrs 97(9) Augustine on Holy Space 106(34) Augustine's Silence on Pilgrimage 106(4) Augustine's Peregrinatio and Peregrinus: Spiritual Pilgrimage? 110(5) Augustine on the Place of God 115(7) Augustine on What Makes a Place Holy 122(5) Augustine on Miracles at the Tombs of Martyrs 127(5) Augustine on the Cult of the Martyrs 132(8) Pilgrimage in Monastic Culture 140(44) The Nature of the Sources 141(5) Xeniteia, Hesychia, and Pilgrimage 146(14) Curiosity and Pilgrimage 160(3) Athanasius of Alexandria (296--373) 163(5) Evagrius Ponticus and the Holy Places (345--399) 168(6) Theodoret of Cyrrhus (393--466) 174(10) Local Versus Central Pilgrimage 184(55) A Second Jerusalem 201(3) Conclusion 204(3) Bibliography Primary Sources 207(5) Secondary Sources 212(27) General Index 239(8) Index of Places 247(2) Index of Biblical Citations 249