The origins of Christian ecstasy : a critical survey

How far, and in what senses, was pre-Montanist Christianity ever ecstatic? We address this question in three stages: (I) How should the concept 'ecstasy' be understood, and ecstatic phenomena analysed? (II) In the light of this, how far are various types of experience familiar to the ancie...

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Main Author: Shell, Christopher James Peter
Published: University of Cambridge 2000
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.622004