This collection of essays by ancient historians; Egyptologists; Coptologists; and historians of religions covers the Egyptian and Jewish backgrounds of Coptic pilgrimage; its major shrines; and diverse responses to it in sermon and literature.
#5161389 in Books 1994-12-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.75 x 6.50 x 1.25l; .0 #File Name: 9004100776473 pages
Review
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Very specializedBy TammyJo EckhartI won't repeat my published review of Blok's book; that can be found via the Women's Classicl Causus. Let me simply say a few things to the layperson and the scholar searching for this book on .com. The book is highly specialized; the more you know about archaic and mycenean Greek culture the better you will understand this book. Detailed in evidence and rich in interpretation; Blok does leave some of us scholar a bit perplexed at times at her logic; though 90% of the time that is solid. For the price the book is not worth even the specialists purchase; instead; borrow from the library and take careful and numerous notes. She suggests far more questions than she offers answers for but this just means the book is a good beginning to research into the s; early Greek Epic; or even the socio-political exchange of ideas in the ancient world.
