Sacred travels in the arid southern Levant and northern Arabia and the desert sojourn traditions

Abstract: This article makes a reassessment of the evidence concerning the practice of sacred travels (pilgrimage) in the arid southern Levant and northern Arabia in the first mill. BCE/CE, exploring their relationship with the biblical wilderness sojourn traditions. Sacred travels constituted a...

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Autor principal: Tebes, Juan Manuel
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Peeters 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/18321
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Sumario:Abstract: This article makes a reassessment of the evidence concerning the practice of sacred travels (pilgrimage) in the arid southern Levant and northern Arabia in the first mill. BCE/CE, exploring their relationship with the biblical wilderness sojourn traditions. Sacred travels constituted a significant element in the religious and afterlife world of the local peoples, for whom the (re-)visiting and (re-)construction of ancient sacred places were common. The evidence will be analyzed taking an interdisciplinary approach, focusing on the archaeological and epigraphical signatures of pilgrimage. A longue durée approximation will allow to see how the diverse traditions related to the wilderness sojourn were adopted, re-appropriated and re-configured in meaningful ways through time.