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1. The Olfactory Context: Smelling the Early Christian World

Susan Ashbrook Harvey

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Frontmatter i
Contents ix
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
1. The Olfactory Context: Smelling the Early Christian World 11
2. The Christian Body: Ritually Fashioned Experience 57
3. Olfaction and Christian Knowing 99
4. Redeeming Scents: Ascetic Models 156
5. Sanctity and Stench 201
6. Resurrection, Sensation, and Knowledge 222
Notes 241
Bibliography 331
Index of Biblical Citations 389
General Index 397

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents ix
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
1. The Olfactory Context: Smelling the Early Christian World 11
2. The Christian Body: Ritually Fashioned Experience 57
3. Olfaction and Christian Knowing 99
4. Redeeming Scents: Ascetic Models 156
5. Sanctity and Stench 201
6. Resurrection, Sensation, and Knowledge 222
Notes 241
Bibliography 331
Index of Biblical Citations 389
General Index 397

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