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TR^/EL AND REBGION IN ANTIQUITY Studies in Christianity and and Judaism / Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme : 21 Studies in Christianity and Judaism / Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme publishes monographs on Christianity and Judaism in the last two centuries before the common era and the first six centuries of the common era, with a spe- cial interest in studies of their interrelationships or the cultural and social con- text in which they developed. SERIESEDITOR: Terence L. Donaldson, Wycliff College Studies in Christianity and and Judaism / Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme : 21 TRAVEL AND REEGION IN ANTIQUITY PHIBP A. HARLAND EDITOR^ Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion / Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses By Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2011 This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University Press acknowl- edges the financial support of the Government of Canada through its Canada Book Fund for its publish- ing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Travel and religion in antiquity / Philip A. Harland, editor. (Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 21) Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued also in electronic format. ISBN 978-1-55458-222-8 1. Travel –– Religious aspects –– History –– To 1500. 2. Travel –– Religious aspects –– Christianity –– History –– To 1500. 3. Travel –– Religious aspects –– Judaism –– History –– To 1500. 4. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages –– Mediterranean Region –– History –– To 1500. 5. Jewish pilgrims and pilgrimages –– Mediterranean Region –– History –– To 1500. 6. Mediterranean Region –– Religious life and customs. 7. Greece –– Religious life and customs. 8. Mediterranean Region –– Antiquities. 9. Greece –– Antiquities. I. Harland, Philip A. (Philip Alan), 1969– II. Series: Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 21 DF121.T73 2011 203'.50938 C2010-907859-4 Electronic formats. ISBN 978-1-55458-240-2 (PDF), ISBN 978-1-55458-344-7 (EPUB) 1. Travel –– Religious aspects –– History –– To 1500. 2. Travel –– Religious aspects –– Christianity –– History –– To 1500. 3. Travel –– Religious aspects –– Judaism –– History –– To 1500. 4. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages –– Mediterranean Region –– History –– To 1500. 5. Jewish pilgrims and pilgrimages –– Mediterranean Region –– History –– To 1500. 6. Mediterranean Region –– Religious life and customs. 7. Greece –– Religious life and customs. 8. Mediterranean Region –– Antiquities. 9. Greece –– Antiquities. I. Harland, Philip A. (Philip Alan), 1969– II. Series: Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 21 DF121.T73 2011a 203'.50938 C2010-907860-8 Published for the Canadian Corporation for the Studies in Religion/Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. © 2011 Lincoln Blumell, Karljürgen G. Feuerherm, Susan Haber, Philip A. Harland, Jack N. Lightstone, Wayne O. McCready, Steven Muir, Michele Murray, James Rives, Ryan S. Schellenberg, and Ian W. Scott Cover design by Sandra Friesen. Cover photo: Altar erected by Titus Albanius Principianus for the impe- rial household with reference to safety in travel (CILVI 25155, now in the Capitoline museum in Rome). Photo ©2011 Philip Harland. Text design by Daiva Villa, Chris Rowat Design. This book is printed on FSC recycled paper and is certified Ecologo. It is made from 100% post-con- sumer fibre, processed chlorine free, and manufactured using biogas energy. Printed in Canada Every reasonable effort has been made to acquire permission for copyright material used in this publication and to acknowledge all such indebtedness accurately. Any errors and omissions called to the publisher's attention will be corrected in future printings. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. In memory of Susan Haber This page intentionally left blank CHAPTER ONE Contents Map: The Ancient Mediterranean x Preface xi I Pausing at the Intersection of Religion and Travel Philip A. Harland 1 HONOURING THE GODS II Religion on the Road in Ancient Greece and Rome Steven Muir 29 III Going Up to Jerusalem: Pilgrimage, Purity, the Historical Jesus Susan Haber 49 viii CONTENTS IV Pilgrimage, Place, and Meaning Making by Jews in Greco-Roman Egypt Wayne O. McCready 69 V Have Horn, Will Travel: The Journeys of Mesopotamian Deities Karljürgen G. Feuerherm 83 PROMOTING A DEITY OR WAY OF LIFE VI The Divine Wanderer: Travel and Divinization in Late Antiquity Ian W. Scott 101 VII Journeys in Pursuit of Divine Wisdom: Thessalos and Other Seekers Philip A. Harland 123 VIII “Danger in the wilderness, danger at sea”: Paul and the Perils of Travel Ryan S. Schellenberg 141 ENCOUNTERING FOREIGN CULTURES IX Roman Translation: Tacitus and Ethnographic Interpretation James B. Rives 165 CONTENTS ix MIGRATING X Migration and the Emergence of Greco-Roman Diaspora Judaism Jack N. Lightstone 187 MAKING A LIVING XI Religion and the Nomadic Lifestyle: The Nabateans Michele Murray 215 XII Christians on the Move in Late Antique Oxyrhynchus Lincoln H. Blumell 235 Works Cited 255
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